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US authorities go after Huawei; accuse it of stealing trade secrets

The charges are the latest to accuse Chinese govt or Chinese companies of stealing intellectual property from US firms through a combination of cyberattacks, traditional espionage and other means

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A surveillance camera is seen next to a sign of Huawei outside a shopping mall in Beijing, China. Photo: Reuters

Kate O’Keeffe, Aruna Viswanatha, Dustin Volz | WSJ
The Trump administration unveiled a sweeping set of criminal charges against China’s Huawei Technologies Co. in its latest salvo against the telecom giant, with authorities unsealing a pair of indictments just days before US-China trade talks are set to resume.

In the cases unsealed Monday, federal prosecutors accused Huawei of violating US sanctions on Iran and of stealing trade secrets from a US business partner, portraying the company as a serial violator of US laws and global business practices.

The actions included charges against Huawei’s chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, who is being held in Vancouver after Canadian authorities arrested
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