Joe Biden Administration Vows to Protect US Telecoms Network From Huawei Security Threat
Huawei has been accused by Washington of being capable of spying on customers, as well as intellectual property theft. By Reuters | Updated: 28 January 2021 13:28 IST
Questions have swirled about how the US President Joe Biden will handle Huawei
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Ex-President Donald Trump, placed the company on a trade blacklist Trump led a global campaign to convince allies to exclude Huawei
The Biden administration will work to safeguard American telecoms networks from untrusted vendors like Huawei that threaten national security, the White House said on Wednesday, offering some insight into its plans for China s top telecoms equipment company, long in Washington s crosshairs.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States added dozens of Chinese companies, including the country’s top chipmaker SMIC and Chinese drone manufacturer SZ DJI Technology Co Ltd, to a trade blacklist on Friday as U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration ratchets up tensions with China in his final weeks in office.
Reuters first reported the addition of SMIC and other companies earlier on Friday. The move is seen as the latest in Republican Trump’s efforts to burnish his tough-on-China image as part of lengthy fight between Washington and Beijing over trade and numerous economic issues.
The U.S. Commerce Department said the action against SMIC stems from Beijing’s efforts to harness civilian technologies for military purposes and evidence of activities between SMIC and Chinese military industrial companies of concern.
The congressman said he and his staff were worried that the mob would break down the door. I picked up a baseball bat, he said. That s all I had to protect myself in the event they broke into the office.
McCaul said that s when Capitol police showed up. He heard a skirmish between the protestors dressed in paramilitary outfits and law enforcement. The Capitol police had been involved in a skirmish with them, and had blood all over their uniforms, he added. It really was a dark chapter for America and democracy in the United States.
McCaul said he and his staff are fine and he believes those who broke in the Capitol building should be prosecuted.
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Congress members representing Central Texas condemned pro-Trump extremists who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday as Congress convened to certify the Electoral College votes and confirm Joe Biden’s presidential victory.
Republican Congressman Michael McCaul said on Twitter anyone who participated in violence should be arrested and prosecuted.
“We’ve heard gunshots. The Capitol police have been personally attacked, he said in a video from his office in Washington, D.C. This is a day by the Constitution that we are to certify the Electoral College. This violence cannot stand. It has to stop and we need to do our jobs here in the Congress and not incite this violence outside.”