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Chinese tech giants form alliance to help advance industrial internet technologies

The Shenzhen Industrial Internet Union aims to help drive the development of new technologies for the industrial internet era in the southern coastal city that is often called China’s Silicon Valley.

July 4, 2019 Source: South China Morning Post

Despite Trump’s promised reprieve, Commerce Department tells staff to continue treating Huawei as blacklisted – TechCrunch

President Donald Trump recently promised to ease the ban on American companies doing business with Huawei, but the Commerce Department is requiring its staff to treat Huawei as if the blacklist is still in place, reports Reuters. Enforcement staff were sent an internal letter this week by John Sonderman, the deputy director of the Office […]

July 3, 2019 Source: TechCrunch

Huawei founder plays down effect of promised Trump reprieve

Ren Zhengfei tells FT the US’s softening stance on Chinese company will have limited impact

July 2, 2019 Source: FinancialTimes

US chip makers pressed Trump to give Huawei a break. Here’s how

In multiple high-level meetings and a letter to the Commerce Department, the companies argued for targeted action against Huawei instead of the blanket ban the Trump administration imposed in May

July 1, 2019 Source: South China Morning Post

HSBC tells China it is not to blame for arrest of Huawei’s CFO

Bank seeks to distance itself from diplomatic spat between Beijing and Washington

June 30, 2019 Source: FinancialTimes

China halts all meat imports from Canada over ‘forged pork certificates’

Canada agrees to suspend permits for meat exports to China after Chinese bans on pork from several Canadian firms, as the two countries remain at loggerheads since the arrest of Huawei’s Sabrina Meng Wanzhou in December.

June 25, 2019 Source: South China Morning Post

Huawei splits from US research arm amid crackdown

East Asia News -WASHINGTON • The US-based research arm of China's Huawei Technologies - Futurewei Technologies - has moved to separate its operations from its corporate parent since the US government

June 25, 2019 Source: The Straits Times

U.S. Tech Companies Sidestep a Trump Ban, to Keep Selling to Huawei (Published 2019)

Chip makers’ deals underscore how difficult it is to clamp down on companies that the administration considers a national security threat.

June 25, 2019 Source: The New York Times

In push to replace Huawei, rural US carriers look to Nokia and Ericsson

Switching vendors will not be easy, however, as Nokia and Ericsson will not match Chinese telecoms giant’s pricing.

June 25, 2019 Source: South China Morning Post

FedEx files suit against Commerce Department over Huawei restrictions

The suit comes after FedEx refused to ship a Huawei phone from Britain to the United States, and the Chinese Foreign Ministry demanded answers.

June 24, 2019 Source: Washington Post

Huawei digs in for a long battle with the U.S.

June 23, 2019 Source: Washington Post

FedEx sues U.S. government over 'impossible' task of policing exports to China

U.S. parcel delivery firm FedEx Corp on Monday sued the U.S. government, saying it should not be held liable if it inadvertently shipped products that violated a Trump administration ban on exports to some Chinese companies.

June 23, 2019 Source: U.S.

Huawei files lawsuit against US Commerce Department over seized equipment

Court action over export regulations is latest controversy in long-running battle between US government and the Chinese tech giant.

June 21, 2019 Source: South China Morning Post

US expands tech battle with China, barring more technology sales

Citing national security concerns, Washington has added the companies to its ‘Entity List’.

June 21, 2019 Source: South China Morning Post

China's Huawei to start talks with Russia on using Avrora OS: RIA

Chinese technology giant Huawei will start talks with officials at Russia's communications ministry this summer on the possibility of using Russia's Avrova operating system, the RIA news agency on Friday cited a Russian deputy communications minister as saying.

June 21, 2019 Source: U.S.

Will more retail stores help Xiaomi compete with Huawei in China?

Amid the China-US tech war, Chinese smartphone makers are shifting their focus back to their home market

June 20, 2019 Source: South China Morning Post

Huawei is still the place Chinese students want to work | CNN

The long-running US campaign against Huawei may be starting to hurt its business but it hasn't damaged the tech company's reputation among Chinese students looking for work.

June 20, 2019 Source: CNN

Huawei Iran-Sanctions Evidence Deemed Too Risky for China to See

(Bloomberg) -- Some evidence used to charge Huawei Technologies Co. with bank fraud and violating U.S. sanctions on Iran was deemed so sensitive that the Chinese telecom giant’s lawyers must now take unusual steps to review the information -- and even then, the company may never see it.While specific evidence wasn’t disclosed, prosecutors convinced a federal judge that releasing too much would pose a risk to national security and other governmental concerns. The U.S. already had banned the company’s technology and accused Huawei of aiding Beijing in espionage. Last week, the court imposed restrictions on when and how information in the criminal case gets shared, and who can see it.“What underlies all of this is the allegation that there are deep and close connections between Huawei and the Chinese government,” said Ryan Fayhee, a former Justice Department national security lawyer. “That’s why this presents differently than a traditional fraud case.”The Huawei prosecution has forced government lawyers to balance evidence rules and a defendant’s right to a fair trial, while safeguarding intelligence gathering. A similar dilemma has threatened to undermine a case brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller against 16 individuals and companies in Russia over election meddling, because the government is refusing to disclose some sensitive evidence.For now, the Huawei case is proceeding with disclosures to the company’s American defense lawyers under restrictions set June 10 by U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly in Brooklyn, New York. On Wednesday, she scheduled a Sept. 4 hearing to decide whether one Huawei lawyer, James M. Cole, should be disqualified because he had access to classified data when he worked as a Deputy Attorney General of the U.S. from 2011 to 2015. Cole, now a partner at Sidley Austin LLP, has said he has no conflict.Criminal ProbeAs the criminal case against Huawei moves forward, the prosecution of its chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, remains on hold. She is fighting extradition from Vancouver, Canada, after being arrested at the request of the U.S. last year. She is accused of defrauding banks when she made a presentation to one of its major banking partners and lied about by lying Huawei’s business dealings in Iran, in violation of U.S. sanctions.Prosecutor Alexander Solomon disclosed on Wednesday that the company’s defense lawyers, who have received at least 700,000 pages of evidence turned over by the U.S. in the New York case, want to share some of the information with Meng’s defense team. The U.S. has said that Meng wouldn’t be permitted to see evidence until a separate order is worked out with her lawyers.Meng’s billionaire father, Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei, has rejected the U.S. accusations against the company and his daughter. On Monday, Ren said the U.S. sanctions against Huawei -- one of the world’s largest makers of smartphones and networking equipment -- could reduce revenue by about $30 billion over the next two years, wiping out any growth prospects by withholding critical American technology.The indictment against Huawei and Meng also mentions Ren, a former engineer with the People’s Liberation Army before he founded the telecommunications company. Prosecutors say he lied to FBI agents in 2007 when he “falsely stated” it had no business dealings in Iran. He hasn’t been criminally charged. The same day Meng, Huawei and its U.S. subsidiaries where charged with violating sanctions, prosecutors filed a separate case in Seattle accusing the company with stealing trade secrets from American rival T-Mobile.Under the restrictions imposed by Donnelly, some evidence labeled “sensitive” by the government can’t be distributed beyond Huawei’s legal team, can only be accessed by certain witnesses in the presence of American lawyers, and must remain in the U.S. If there are disputes over evidence handling, a separate group of government lawyers not involved in the prosecution can be consulted or the judge can get involved.David Bitkower, a lawyer for Huawei, declined to comment on the case, as did John Marzulli, a spokesman for Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue.The rules are even tighter for classified information, and evidence gathered under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act will require a separate process to determine what the defense will be able to view, prosecutors said in a court filing Monday.Unusual RestrictionsDonnelly’s order includes unusual restrictions, even for sanctions cases, legal experts said.Some of the evidence can only be reviewed by defense lawyers who are U.S. citizens, because the information could identify potential witnesses or contains “national security” material, prosecutors say. Those documents must be stored on a computer that isn’t connected to the Internet and can’t be taken or transmitted outside the country or shared with Huawei.If Huawei lawyers want to share sensitive material with anyone outside the U.S., they must notify the government. There are also provisions for allowing foreign nationals to view the evidence in the U.S., including with safe-passage guarantees against arrest. There also are options for reviewing information outside the country, but only in the presence of U.S. defense lawyers.Without such provisions, Huawei could accuse the U.S. of hampering its ability to defend itself, said Henry Mazurek, a partner at law firm Meister Seelig and Fein LLP in New York.Huawei’s close ties to the Chinese government have impacted the willingness of the U.S. to share evidence with the company, but prosecutors are obligated to turn over evidence, said Fayhee, the former federal prosecutor.“The government has the view, as also substantiated by its recent blacklisting, that Huawei is an arm of the Chinese government,” Fayhee said. “The founder of the company served nearly a decade as an engineer with the People’s Liberation Army, and continued connections have been regularly alleged. But that’s what the government signed up for when it decided to bring this case.”The case is U.S. v. Huawei Technologies Co., 18-cr-457, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York (Brooklyn).(Updates with Huawei wanting to show Meng evidence in seventh paragraph.)To contact the reporter on this story: Patricia Hurtado in Federal Court in Manhattan at pathurtado@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: David Glovin at dglovin@bloomberg.net, Steve Stroth, Peter BlumbergFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.

June 19, 2019 Source: Yahoo

I visited Huawei—and I brought your questions · TechNode

A tour of Huawei may not change minds, but it reveals the texture of the most deeply Chinese of the tech giants.

June 19, 2019 Source: TechNode

Huawei offers full refund to Filipino consumers if US apps don’t work

Refund offer comes after 40 per cent drop in overseas sales of Huawei-brand smartphones following a US trade ban.

June 19, 2019 Source: South China Morning Post