Huawei Ban: Huawei seeks summary judgment against U.S. action

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We open with a look at Huawei's ongoing legal battle against a ban the U.S. imposed on the Chinese telecom giant earlier this year. Huawei said at a press conference at its Shenzhen headquarters on Wednesday that it had filed a request in the U.S. for a federal court to rule in Huawei's favor concerning the constitutionality of the ban. Our Ge Yunfei has the details.

In a press conference held on Wednesday, Huawei, the world's largest telecom equipment manufacturer, filed a motion for summary judgment to challenge the constitutionality of a US law.

Two months ago, Congress passed a bill to ban federal agencies from purchasing Huawei equipment. The motion is to bring a quick end to the lawsuit against the US government.

SONG LIUPING CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER, HUAWEI "The US government has provided no evidence to show that Huawei is a security threat. There is no gun, no smoke. Only Speculation."

Huawei argues that Section 889 of the 2019 NDAA is unconstitutional in three ways. Firstly, it is a bill of attainder. Secondly, it violates due process. Thirdly, the law violates the fundamental Separation-of-Powers enshrined in the US constitution.

CGTN also took a question to Huawei at the presser.

GE YUNFEI SHENZHEN "I'm from CGTN, China Global Television Network. Huawei insisted that the ban will greatly undermine the interests of U.S. consumers. Why is that? What is your evidence?"

VINCENT PANG SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT & GLOBAL COMMUNICATION OFFICER, HUAWEI "According to our ESTIMATION, if Huawei is allowed to participate in telecom infrastructure construction, in the coming four years it can save US telecom operators 20 billion US dollars when it comes to building telecom networks. It will greatly benefit US companies and individuals."

The US Commerce Department recently added Huawei to an Entity List, a blacklist that bars US firms from providing components to Huawei. But the company said this move will not affect its 5G construction.

VINCENT PANG SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT & GLOBAL COMMUNICATION OFFICER, HUAWEI "Now we have already signed 42 contracts of building 5G network in other countries. The Entity List will not affect our construction for this year and the next year."

Now the biggest concern is that without key components, how long can Huawei survive?

SONG LIUPING CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER, HUAWEI "We've stockpiled enough components for our products for this year and in the long haul. We'll maintain providing a stable service to our clients. We will not delay the launches of our new products."

A report on 5G technology released by the US Department of Defense gives a clue to why Washington wants to punish Huawei not only domestically, but also globally.

VINCENT PANG SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT & GLOBAL COMMUNICATION OFFICER, HUAWEI "All the actions taken by the US government go far beyond the normal market competition. This may lead to the disruption and fragmentation of the global technology cooperation and standards."

GE YUNFEI SHENZHEN "At the end of the presser, the Huawei spokesperson quoted Shakespeare as 'Time's glory is to unmask falsehood, and bring truth to light.' Let's hope that the ancient wisdom could be true again. CGTN, Shenzhen."