Huawei Finds Some Friends in the U.S. Senate

When President Donald Trump imposed restrictions last spring on U.S. exports of sensitive technology to Huawei, China hawks in Washington were both relieved and apprehensive. Now they have considerably more cause for worry.

They were initially pleased because they saw the sanctions, along with an executive order banning the Chinese telecom giant from U.S. networks, as long overdue. The U.S. intelligence community has warned for nearly a decade that Huawei is effectively an arm of the Chinese security state. Its gear serves as a beacon for its spy services to capture and monitor traffic that travels over Huawei’s circuits and networks. To do business with Huawei is to help China to spy on the U.S. and its allies.