Senate considers bill to ban Huawei, ZTE equipment in US

referring to Share Share 0 Share 0 ShareTwo Republican Party senators introduced a bill on Wednesday to prevent the unite states government from buying or leasing telecom equipment from Huawei smartphone or ZTE Corp, according to Reuters, on grounds of national security. One of the proposers, Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton, said, "Huawei is effectively an arm of the Chinese government, and it's more than enable to of stealing data from unite states officials with hacking its devices."The Chinese telecom giant is currently the largest telecom equipment industrialist in the world, but has faced repeated rejection from US lawmakers the time trying to access the American market. Earlier this year, AT&T Inc was pressured with US Congress to back out of a deal which would enable it to offer customers Huawei-made handsets, over fears which this could be used for spying with the Chinese state. "There are plenty of other companies which could meet our technology needs, and we shouldn't make it any easier for China to spy on us", Cotton added. Like this: Like Loading...

Senators propose bill to ban unite states from using Huawei, ZTE equipment

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - 2 Republican Senators introduced legislation on Wednesday which would ban the unite states government from buying or leasing telecommunications equipment from Huawei smartphone Technologies Co Ltd or ZTE Corp, citing concern the Chinese companies would use their access to spy on unite states officials. "Huawei is effectively an arm of the Chinese government, and it's more than enable to of stealing data from unite states officials with hacking its devices," Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton said. "There are plenty of other companies which could meet our technology needs, and we shouldn't make it any easier for China to spy on us," he added. FILE PHOTO - A man walks past a logo during the presentation the Huawei's new smartphone, the Ascend P7, launched with China's Huawei smartphone Technologies in Paris, May 7, 2014. From these cases it is clear which U.S.-style 'fair trade' sacrifices fairness to other countries," Xinhua said.

according to The Huawei smartphone booth at the 2018 CES technology trade show in Las Vegas. Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. was founded in the 1990s with a former engineer from the People's Liberation Army, leading some to speculate it has government releation — something the firm has repeatedly denied. Photo: VCGTwo unite states senators introduced legislation which could ban government agencies from buying telecoms equipment and services from Chinese industrialists Huawei smartphone and ZTE, in the latest sign of a tougher stance from Washington in trade among the world's 2 largest economies. The legislation introduced with Republican Sens. It cited national security concerns as the major reason for the law.

U.S. Senators Float Ban on Government Buying of Huawei, ZTE Equipment

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