Huawei challenges US law as sanctions fight ramps up
Chinese telecom equipment maker asks US judge to declare the National Defence Authorisation Act unconstitutional
29 May 2019 - 18:05
Hong Kong — China’s Huawei Technologies has filed a legal motion seeking to declare a US defence law unconstitutional, in the telecom equipment maker’s latest bid to fight sanctions from Washington that threaten to push it out of global markets.
The motion for summary judgment in its lawsuit against the US government, filed late on Tuesday in the US district court for the eastern district of Texas, asks a judge to declare the 2019 National Defence Authorisation Act unconstitutional. Huawei filed its lawsuit in March...
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