Huawei Trial: US Prosecutor Calls Company a 'Criminal Enterprise'

A US federal trial against Huawei began on September 9 in Brooklyn court, where prosecutors described the Chinese tech giant as a 'criminal enterprise' that stole from American companies to build its telecommunications empire.

The government's opening statement accused Huawei of conspiring to steal trade secrets from five US companies, including Cisco Systems and T-Mobile, to gain an unfair competitive advantage. The prosecutor cited incidents where employees tried to steal source code for internet routers and a robotic arm to test phones.

Huawei's defense team painted a different picture, describing the company's success as 'ordinary business dealings' rather than 'criminal conduct.' They argued that the government was 'cherry-picking isolated events' to create an illusion of an overarching conspiracy.