Huawei sues US Department of Commerce

There is a lot of tension going on between Huawei and U.S. U.S. implemented a trade ban on Huawei depriving them of doing business with U.S. based companies. Now Huawei has sued US Department of Commerce reason being telecommunications equipment seized by American officials.

According to the lawsuit, On its way back to China, American officials seized the equipment in Alaska to see whether an export license was required. Huawei sent that equipment to a California lab back in July 2017. The lawsuit claimed there was no export license requirement at the time of the equipment seizure.

Huawei already has an ongoing lawsuit against the U.S. government over claims of the company being a security risk. Huawei has been having a hard time after placement on the Entity List. After the trade ban, Huawei has been reportedly working on their own Oak OS as well as looking into a Russian fork of Sailfish OS  Android replacement.

Compiled by : Biplav Gachhadar