Huawei CEO Says Company Is "Exiting the US Market". Sick of Cyberspying Accusations
Dec 04, 2013 20:20
China's Huawei, the world's largest telecommunications equipment maker is leaving the U.S. after being sick of all the cyberspying accusations. In an interview with the French Press, CEO Ren Zhengfei said they're leaving.
"If Huawei gets in the middle of U.S-China relations [and causes problems,] it's not worth it," Ren reportedly said. "Therefore, we have decided to exit the U.S. market, and not stay in the middle."
Huawei vice president William Plummer, told FP that "Huawei has adjusted our priority focus to markets that welcome competition and investment, like Europe," and suggested that Ren was just "making a comment on the current market environment" in the interview.
So is Huawei getting out of the U.S. or not? The United States is deeply suspicious of the company and its ties to China's People's Liberation Army. U.S. House Intelligence Committee chairman Mike Rogers somewhat famously said last year that Huawei's products "cannot be trusted to be free of foreign state influence and thus pose a security threat to the United States and to our systems." They've released a report that accused Huawei of all kinds of bad behavior including bribery, corruption, and immigration violations.
[Foreign Policy]
"If Huawei gets in the middle of U.S-China relations [and causes problems,] it's not worth it," Ren reportedly said. "Therefore, we have decided to exit the U.S. market, and not stay in the middle."
Huawei vice president William Plummer, told FP that "Huawei has adjusted our priority focus to markets that welcome competition and investment, like Europe," and suggested that Ren was just "making a comment on the current market environment" in the interview.
So is Huawei getting out of the U.S. or not? The United States is deeply suspicious of the company and its ties to China's People's Liberation Army. U.S. House Intelligence Committee chairman Mike Rogers somewhat famously said last year that Huawei's products "cannot be trusted to be free of foreign state influence and thus pose a security threat to the United States and to our systems." They've released a report that accused Huawei of all kinds of bad behavior including bribery, corruption, and immigration violations.
[Foreign Policy]
