Huawei challenges U.S. government to find evidence of wrongdoing

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. appears ready to try just about anything to break into the U.S. market in a more meaningful way. While the company sits very much in the driver seat of the global infrastructure market, behind only Ericsson AG in volume, the Chinese vendor has repeatedly been thwarted in its pursuit for more business in the United States.
After abandoning its purchase of 3Leaf Systems earlier this week, Huawei is embracing a more aggressive strategy and taking some largely unprecedented steps to turn the tide.
Huawei directly called out, and indeed challenged, the U.S. government to formally look into its background. In an open letter from Ken Hu, deputy chairman at Huawei’s parent company and chairman of Huawei USA, the company is challenging the U.S. government to find evidence that substantiates the security concerns and other issues that regularly stymie its plans and pursuits here.
Hu wrote: “We sincerely hope that the United States government will carry out a formal investigation on any concerns it may have about Huawei. The United States government has demonstrated its efficiency in management, fairness and impartiality and we have been impressed by that ever since we made our first investment in this country some 10 years ago. We have faith in the fairness and justness of the United States and we believe the results of any thorough government investigation will prove that Huawei is a normal commercial institution and nothing more.”
The U.S. Treasury Dept. responded to the letter, but declined to get into any specifics, saying that it supports foreign investment so long as it is consistent with national security.