It’s China’s Huawei against the world as spying concerns mount
- With its finance chief facing charges in the US, the telecoms giant is finding it increasingly difficult to find a friend
Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has been under intense scrutiny around the world in recent months amid concerns its technologies and products could be used for espionage by Beijing.
In December, its chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Canada at the request of the United States Justice Department on charges she helped the company evade US sanctions on Iran. Although she has denied any wrongdoing, Meng is currently awaiting extradition proceedings and a hearing has been set for March 6.
Here is a round-up of what the world thinks about Huawei:
United States
Huawei faces nearly two dozen charges in the US, which contends it violated economic sanctions and concealed its business dealings with Iran.
The White House is also planning to issue an executive order that would ban it from selling equipment for use in US telecommunications networks, and has put pressure on its allies to do the same or risk falling out of favour.
Last summer, Washington barred the use of equipment produced by Huawei and other Chinese companies in telecoms networks in the Pentagon and other government organs, and prohibited the sale of its cellphones on military bases.