Huawei Technologies is an "instrument of the Chinese government" and its ties to the country's Communist Party pose serious threats to the economy and national security of the United States, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says in an interview airing Wednesday.
“Huawei is an instrument of the Chinese government. They’re deeply connected. It’s something that's hard for Americans to understand,” Pompeo told Fox Business' "Mornings with Maria" host Maria Bartiromo.
In the United States, companies cooperate with the government, but presidents do not direct private companies, said Pompeo, but "that's very different in China. They just simply operate “under a different set of rules. That’s the most fundamental thing I think people need to try and get their head around.”
Huawei also is not bound by laws that would prevent it from sharing intellectual property from the United States with Beijing, Pompeo said.
“If it’s the case, that the Chinese Communist Party wanted to get information from technology that was in the possession of Huawei, it is almost certainly the case that Huawei would provide that to them,” he said. “That deep connectivity exists inside the way their political economy operates. That’s very different in the United States. That’s the threat that President Trump sees from Huawei.”
On Wednesday, Huawei filed a motion in U.S. court that challenges the constitutionality of a law limiting its sales of equipment. Huawei's chief legal officer Song Liuping said Huawei is seeking a motion for summary judgment asking the court to rule on whether the United States can ban the government and its contractors from using the company's telecommunications equipment.
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