Huawei responds to US accusation of stealing trade secrets: lack of factual basis!

Latest update time：2020-02-15

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According to foreign media reports, the U.S. Department of Justice filed new charges against Huawei and its subsidiaries on Thursday, accusing them of conspiracy to extort and steal trade secrets.

The Department of Justice filed an indictment in a federal court in Brooklyn, New York on the same day. The defendants include Huawei, four Huawei subsidiaries, and Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, who is currently undergoing an extradition hearing in Canada.

Huawei is accused of conspiring to steal trade secrets from six U.S. technology companies and violating racketeering laws typically used to combat organized crime in the indictment, which supersedes an indictment originally filed last year in federal court in Brooklyn, New York.

The latest indictment also pointed out that Huawei was suspected of violating the ban and having business dealings with sanctioned countries such as Iran and North Korea.

In addition, according to foreign media reports, the US Department of Defense may change its original position of "opposing further crackdowns on Huawei" to supporting sanctions on Huawei.

Politico, an American political news media, reported on the 12th that the US Department of Defense agreed to impose stricter export restrictions on Huawei.

Foreign media revealed that the Pentagon, which had previously been conservative, has now changed its stance and supports stricter sanctions against Huawei. It will be more difficult for US companies to export products to Huawei in the future.

According to foreign media reports, people familiar with the matter revealed that U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross will discuss the position on Huawei with Defense Secretary Mark Esper next week, and senior government officials are expected to hold a meeting on the 28th to decide whether to increase export restrictions on Huawei.

On the morning of the 14th, Huawei issued a statement saying that the new lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice was not for law enforcement purposes, but for competition reasons in an attempt to cause irreversible damage to Huawei's reputation and operations. Huawei also mentioned that the new allegations lacked factual basis.

The full statement is as follows:

The U.S. Department of Justice filed the new lawsuit not for law enforcement purposes, but for competitive reasons in an attempt to cause irreversible damage to Huawei's reputation and operations.

These new, unfounded charges are based largely on civil disputes dating back two decades that have been settled, litigated, or dismissed by federal judges and juries. The U.S. government’s allegations will not be sustained and we will prove that they are baseless and unfair.

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