US Department of Justice lawyers asked a federal judge in Sherman, Texas, to throw out a lawsuit Huawei filed in March against the US government. The Chinese telecom giant sued to invalidate a law that the US Congress passed last year barring government purchases of its products. It is separate from the US government’s blacklisting of Huawei, which prohibits the company from buying components from US suppliers. In the Texas lawsuit, Huawei is challenging a section of the US National Defense Authorization Act that bars federal agencies from buying Huawei equipment. The law passed by Congress last year also prohibits federal contractors from using Huawei equipment, and blocks federal loan or grant recipients from using the funds to buy the company’s equipment or services.

Source: Taipei Times July 04, 2019 15:56 UTC