Category: Huawei

UK Backs Canadian Initiative Against State-Sponsored Arbitrary Detention

Britain announced on Monday that it had joined a Canadian-led initiative to condemn and deter state-sponsored arbitrary detention of foreign nationals for political purposes. By joining the initiative, the UK government is “doing more to safeguard the rights of British people abroad,” the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) said in a press release. The…


Rep. Green: Commerce Nominee Should Commit to Keeping Huawai on Blacklist

President Joe Biden’s nominee for commerce secretary should commit to keeping China-based Huawei on a blacklist that blocks it from some activities in the United States, Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.) said Friday. Green and other House Republicans recently urged the Senate to delay Gina Raimondo’s nomination because she refused to say Huawei would remain on…


Rep. Green: Commerce Nominee Should Commit to Keeping Huawei on Blacklist

President Joe Biden’s nominee for commerce secretary should commit to keeping China-based Huawei on a blacklist that blocks it from some activities in the United States, Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.) said Friday. Green and other House Republicans recently urged the Senate to delay Gina Raimondo’s nomination because she refused to say Huawei would remain on…


Huawei Seeks to Access HSBC Files in Bid to Prevent Meng Wanzhou Extradition

Chinese telecom giant Huawei has started legal action in the UK seeking access to internal documents of British-based bank HSBC, in a bid to prevent the extradition of its senior executive Meng Wanzhou from Canada to the United States. Meng, 48, was arrested by Canadian police on a U.S. warrant in December 2018 while on…


Blackburn Introduces Amendments to Counter China and Iran

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) on Feb. 3 introduced a number of amendments in opposition to the Democrat budget agenda.


Cruz Places Hold on Confirming Biden’s Commerce Secretary Pick to Pressure Admin on Huawei

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Thursday placed a hold on the confirmation of President Joe Biden’s pick for Commerce secretary, Gina Raimondo, saying she has not yet clarified whether she backs keeping China-based company Huawei on a restricted trade list. The move is likely to delay the floor vote by up to 30 hours as…


House Republicans Urge Senate to Delay Confirmation of Biden’s Commerce Pick Over Huawei

A group of House Republicans on Tuesday called on their fellow Senate colleagues to delay the confirmation of President Joe Biden’s pick for Commerce secretary, Gina Raimondo, until the president clarifies whether he backs keeping Huawei on a restricted trade list. Texas Rep. Michael McCaul, the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, led…


GOP Senators Urge Commerce Nominee to Commit to Countering Beijing’s 5G Ambitions

Three Republican senators known for their hawkish stance on China are calling on President Joe Biden’s Commerce Department nominee to clarify if there are any circumstances under which she would remove China’s telecoms equipment giant Huawei from a trade blacklist that the Trump administration placed it on due to concerns about national security. Sens. Marco Rubio…


Lithuania Set to Block Chinese Airport Scanner Firm Nuctech

VILNIUS, Lithuania—A Chinese state-owned maker of security-screening equipment should be blocked from supplying equipment for Lithuania’s three international airports over national security concerns, the Lithuanian government said Friday. Beijing-based Nuctech last year won a bid to install baggage scanners at airports in Vilnius, Kaunas, and Palanga, government spokeswoman Rasa Jakilaitiene said. No deal has been…


NTD Business Full Broadcast (Jan. 18)

In the stock market how do you know what the smart money is doing and the dumb money? We talk to Lance Roberts at Real Investment Advice. Bill Gates owns more farmland than anyone else in the country. Is now a good time to invest? The Trump administration lands a heavy blow on China’s Huawei…