At a budget hearing before the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee yesterday, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo discussed a number of issues related to export controls and Chinese access to Americans' data.

Netgear, a California-based maker of Wi-Fi products, filed a lawsuit against Huawei in California federal court this week, claiming that Huawei violated U.S. antitrust law by refusing to license its patents on reasonable terms, and also alleging fraud, racketeering and other offenses for withholding patent licenses.

An NGO that focuses on Hong Kong issues has put out a paper that raises concerns about the operations and investments of Huawei and Build Your Dreams (BYD) in the EU, and recommends a number of actions to restrict these companies.

In recent years, the U.S. has made an active push to convince other countries not to use Huawei products in their telecoms networks. Through a FOIA request, CTM obtained some details of U.S. efforts to convince Oman to choose Ericsson over Huawei.

In recent months, there have been reports and commentary about investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) lawsuits by Huawei against the governments of both the United Kingdom and Portugal, as well as a lawsuit in domestic court against Portugal.

In reaction to recent reports of a new Huawei smartphone with advanced capabilities, member of Congress are pushing the U.S. Commerce Department to tighten semiconductor export controls even further.

China's southern city Shenzhen issued a new action plan to promote the use of domestic operating systems developed by Huawei, which is headquartered in the city.