US-China trade war: after Donald Trump's slide against Huawei, unleashes a new battlefront – 16/05/2019

Donald Trump he closed the door in the face of the Chinese telecommunications giant, Huawei, Wednesday night, in a new chapter of the commercial war between the United States.

China warned Thursday that will take the measures necessary to protect the interests of the companies in your country. And Huawei pointed out that the US decision raises, for starters, legal issues

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Trump surprised Wednesday night by declaring the national emergency and so ban local businesses use signatures that could be spyingin other words.

In a statement, Huawei pointed out that they prevent their presence in the United States will not make the country "safer" or stronger ", but will only serve to limit this market with" more expensive and lower quality alternatives, leaving the United States lagging in the deployment of 5G and harm the interests of their businesses and consumers.

Trump has instructed his Secretary of Commerce, Wilbur Ross, to ban "unacceptable risk" transactions, but has not named a particular company or country. This was not necessary.

China and Huawei reacted immediately

Beijing's reaction

"Nobody sees this movement as constructive or friendly and We urge the United States to stop using these practices"said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang.

Kang said China "opposes the countries that create problems with the issue of national security as an excuse"and badured that foreign companies in the Asian country" do not have to worry if they find themselves in a legal situation. "

"China will take all necessary measures to protect the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies"

Lu Kang

Spokesman of the Chinese Foreign Ministry

"The Chinese government has always asked companies operating abroad to respect the laws of the countries they visit," Lu said.

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce also asked the United States on Thursday "stop the error" put into practice "a decree ordering the exclusion of Huawei".

The communications giant called the restrictions "irrational", which would pose other serious legal problems. He was "ready and willing" to collaborate with the US government and propose effective measures to ensure product safety.

China also urged the United States to "respect the rules of the market" and to create a "transparent and impartial" trading environment for foreign companies.

Trump's decree

The Trump Decree invokes the International Law on Emergency Economic Powers, which gives the President the power to regulate trade in response to a national emergency that threatens the United States. The measure orders the Ministry of Commerce, which collaborates with other government agencies, to Submit an application plan within 150 days.

In a statement issued by the White House, the US president justifies his decision by the attacks received by "foreign opponents" who are trying "to exploit the weaknesses of his country's information and communication systems".

In this sense, Trump explained that this threat exists personal use of devices or services offered by companies trying to carry out an espionage focused on the US economy and industry.

"Chinese telecommunications companies such as Huawei are effectively serving as an intelligence branch of the Chinese Communist Party"Republican Senator Tom Cotton said after Trump 's emergency declaration.

"The administration is right to restrict the use of its products," he said.

Arrest in Canada

This is not the first time that the United States accuse Huawei. Canada arrested at the request of Washington, a senior executive of the firm, Meng Wanzhou, in December.

The woman, Huawei's chief financial officer and daughter of the company's founder, was arrested on Saturday, December 1st.

Wanzhou is charged in the United States with fraud and conspiracy, is on bail and banned from leaving his mansion in Vancouver.

The Department of Justice Canada has already given permission to officially proceed with the extradition process.

In January, the US Justice Department accused Huawei, two affiliated companies and Meng of thirteen charges of fraud and conspiracy ignore the sanctions imposed by Washington on Iran.

A giant who grows up

Huawei is specifically the Chinese giant who already outperformed Apple and now he goes through Samsung. The 1987, Ren Zhengfeien founded the company at a price of 5,600 USD. Today is one of the giants of global telephony.