China Threatens Enforcers of US’s Huawei Curbs With Legal Action

May 21, 2025, 2:57 AM UTC

China said it could take legal action against anyone enforcing US restrictions on using Huawei Technologies Co.’s AI chips, escalating a dispute that’s upset a tentative truce on tariffs.

“China believes that the US abuses export controls to contain and suppress China, which violates international law and basic norms of international relations,” the Commerce Ministry in Beijing said in a statement on Wednesday, adding that this hurt the country’s development interests and companies.

“Any organization or individual that implements or assists in the implementation of US measures” would be subject to the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law and “and must ...

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