Microsoft President Smith: The United States treats Huawei unfairly

Microsoft President Smith believes that the US government's way of treating Huawei is unfair.(Bloomberg)

Microsoft President Brad Smith believes that the U.S. government's way of treating Huawei is unfair.

According to Bloomberg BusinessWeek on the 8th, Smith pointed out that the Washington government did not fully prove that the actions taken by Huawei were reasonable.The authorities should not take these actions without solid facts, logic and the rule of law.He said that Microsoft has asked the US regulatory agency to explain its behavior in order to make other companies make a decision. This is how the United States is running.

Taking the hotel industry as an example, Smith told technology companies that it can sell products but cannot buy operating systems or chips, as if letting a hotel company open the door, but not allowed to put bed in the guest room or not provide food in its restaurant.

He continued that if technology cannot be brought to the world, he cannot become a global technical leader.The only way to manage global technology is to make governments really cooperate with each other.He is also worried that a wider and strict restrictions may come soon.

Since May this year, the US Department of Commerce has included Huawei and its more than 100 subsidiaries in the entity list.At present, the Ministry of Commerce is considering setting up new export restrictions on emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence and quantum computing, etc. These are the areas where Microsoft focuses on investing. Huawei's case of the US government confiscated equipment

After the US government returned to Huawei to repay the communication equipment confiscated in 2017, the company immediately revoked relevant complaints in the US court.

According to the court documents obtained by Reuters on Monday (9th), Huawei applied to US courts to revoke an accusation for the US Department of Commerce and other government departments.The document shows that in 2017, US government departments confiscated a group of communication equipment belonging to Huawei in Alaska.At that time, after the completion of the laboratory test in California, these equipment was passed by Alaska and was transported back to China.

The U.S. government suspected that these communication equipment violated export restrictions at the time, so they confiscated it and tested.After Huawei, the US court accused the U.S. government demanding that the equipment was required.The U.S. government later confirmed that these equipment did not need to apply for export permits. The equipment was returned in August this year, and Huawei also withdrawn.

However, Huawei pointed out that the U.S. government has been random and illegal detention for up to two years, and then refused to provide reasons, which expressed disappointment.

Huawei is currently the world's largest communication equipment manufacturer and has also been involved in the Sino -US trade war.Washington has repeatedly warned that Beijing may use Huawei equipment to monitor other users, causing hidden safety hazards.Huawei denies these allegations.

At present, the United States has also stated that Huawei violated the export ban on Iran and included Huawei in a entity list and blocked Huawei.Huawei was counterclaimed by the US government to restrict the operation of the company in the United States illegally.