This is not the first time the U.S. government has been at odds with Chinese telecommunications companies. In February of 2020, after an FBI investigation, Huawei was charged with racketeering conspiracy and with conspiracy to steal trade secrets. Additionally, in 2019, a U.S. affiliate of Huawei was indicted for theft of trade secrets, wire fraud, and obstruction of justice. Earlier this year, in an address to business leaders from across the U.S., FBI director Christopher Wray warned of the growing threat of Chinese corporate espionage, stating “When we tally up what we see in our investigations—over 2,000 of which are focused on the Chinese government trying to steal our information or technology—there is just no country that presents a broader threat to our ideas, our innovation, and our economic security than China.”
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