Update: US trial against China’s Huawei opens with prosecutor calling the company a criminal enterprise

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The defense states: ‘It’s about competition, not conspiracy’ A US prosecutor described China ’s Huawei as a criminal enterprise that stole from US companies to build its telecommunications empire, as ⁠the trial against the tech giant kicked off in Brooklyn federal court on Wednesday. The report also notes that “Theft, lies, cover-up,” Taylor Stout, a trial attorney from the US Department of Justice, stated in the government’s opening statement. “For 20 years, that’s how Huawei, a massive Chinese telecommunications company, victimized American companies ⁠and abused the American financial system, all ⁠in an effort to dominate the telecommunications ​industry around the world.“

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