u.s. Congress Also Asks to Investigate the Interior Contract with Huawei
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The Capitol urges the Department of Commerce to investigate the award of court hearings to the Chinese company, with the risk of vetoes to Spanish companies and restrictions on the exchange of intelligence
U.S. Congressmen Richard Hudson, Republican for North Carolina, and Gus Bilirakis, Republican for Florida, both members of the House's Committee on Energy and Commerce, have asked the Department of Commerce to investigate the €12.3 million contract that the Ministry of the Interior awarded to Huawei to manage wiretapping with judicial authorization from the State Security Forces and Corps. The initiative seeks to review trade agreements with Spa…
The U.S. government has put the spotlight on Spain following Huawei’s award of sensitive court listening contracts. The Capitol has asked the Department of Commerce to investigate the operation, a decision that could result in vetoes of Spanish companies and restrictions on the exchange of intelligence.
Chinese companies like Huawei and HikCentral are at the heart of the surveillance and data storage systems of the Spanish police and government, as well as in the telecommunications, rail, and energy sectors. Despite international pressure, no change of course is planned.
The U.S. Congress asks to investigate Spain for its contract with Huawei and threatens to put it on the list of countries reeked of its relationship with China.
Republican congressmen Gus Bilirakis, chairman of the Subcommittee on Trade, Manufacturing and Trade, and Richard Hudson, chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, have requested in a letter addressed to the US Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, that the U.S. Department of Commerce open an investigation into the allocation to China's Huawei company by the Spanish Ministry of the Interior of the management of wiretapping …
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