Huawei says that the United States has the attitude of the loser because they can not compete

Huawei on Friday criticized the United States for its "loser attitude", declaring a turnover of more than $ 100 billion for 2018.

The rotating president, Guo Ping, made the comments, reported by CNBC, as the United States lobbied its allies to exclude Chinese telecommunications from their 5G deployments.

"The US government has a losing attitude," he told reporters. "They want to mess up Huawei because they can not compete with us."

His comments focus on US allegations that Huawei's are used to spy for China thanks to the integrated back doors that allow intelligence officers to access the data. Guo said that he would "suicidal" for his company, according to CNBC.

"We have no intention of committing suicide," he said.

On Thursday, a report from the British watchdog noted that Huawei's network products represent a "greatly increased risk for British operators". Guo downplayed this report in an interview with Bloomberg.

The company's net profit for 2018 reached 59.3 billion yuan (8.8 billion US dollars), up 25% over 2017. The company also announced a turnover of 721, 2 billion yuan ($ 107.13 billion). He shipped more than 200 million smartphones in 2018 and launched his P30 Series this week in paris.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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