Huawei fights US lawsuit calling its National Defence Bill unconstitutional
The telecoms giant also says the US case sets a dangerous precedent as ‘tomorrow it could be your company, your industry, your customers’
29 May 2019 - 11:34
Hong Kong — China’s Huawei has filed a motion for summary judgment in its lawsuit against the US government, in the telecoms equipment maker’s latest bid to fight sanctions from Washington that threaten to push it out of global markets.
The motion, filed late on Tuesday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, asks to declare the 2019 US National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA) unconstitutional in an update to a lawsuit brought by Huawei in March...
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