China denounces US move against telecom supply chains
China says the global tech industry’s supply chains have been disrupted with a US executive order barring the country's firms from using telecoms equipment made by companies deemed to pose a national security risk.
Jiankai Jin, a diplomat at China’s World Trade Organization (WTO) mission, condemned the US move in closed door multilateral talks at the WTO headquarters in Geneva on Thursday.
“The global ICT industry, including US companies, is worried about the vague and broad wording of the above executive order and implementation rules,” Jin said.
“Unfortunately, at the time of crisis, the US continued to restrict legitimate competition and interfere with the global ICT industry, which would undermine the stability of the global supply chain and cause huge losses to related ICT companies in many countries,” the Chinese diplomat added.
In May, US President Donald Trump extended an executive order signed in May 2019 for another year declaring a national emergency and barring the country's firms from using telecoms equipment made by companies deemed to pose a national security risk.
“We would also like to know how the US will ensure measures taken under this executive order will not abuse the WTO national security exception and be consistent with WTO rules,” Jin said.
US lawmakers said Trump’s order was only meant to target Chinese companies Huawai and ZTE Corp.
Last month, the US moved to prevent global chipmakers from shipping semiconductors to Huawei.
Washington is also trying to convince allies to exclude Huawei from phone networks on grounds its equipment could be used by China for spying, which Huawei, the world’s biggest telecoms equipment maker, has repeatedly denied.
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