Days before crucial trade talks, US brings fresh charges against China’s Huawei
US commerce secretary Wilbur Ross says the charges are ‘wholly separate’ from the trade negotiations with China
Washington — The US on Monday announced criminal charges against China’s Huawei Technologies, escalating a fight with the world’s biggest telecommunications equipment maker and this coming days before trade talks between Washington and Beijing. The justice department charged Huawei and its CFO, Meng Wanzhou, with conspiring to violate US sanctions on Iran by doing business with Tehran through a subsidiary it tried to hide and that was reported on by Reuters in 2012 and 2013. In a separate case, the justice department said Huawei stole robotic technology from carrier T-Mobile US. Huawei has said that the two companies settled their disputes in 2017. Meng, who is the daughter of Huawei’s founder, was arrested in Canada in December and is fighting extradition to the US. The charges against Meng, which include bank and wire fraud, were not unsealed until Monday. Her arrest enraged China, which responded by arresting two Canadians on national security grounds. Beijing and Washington are ...
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