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Inside the Ring: Rubio on Huawei

Huawei 'an instrument of state power' for China

Sen. Marco Rubio
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July 25, 2019

Sen. Marco Rubio is confident that Congress will codify in law Trump administration restrictions imposed on China’s telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies, a company the Florida Republican says poses a national security threat to the United States.

Huawei, which was sanctioned by the administration in May, is "an instrument of state power" for China, Mr. Rubio told Inside the Ring.

The senator is among a bipartisan group in Congress that recently introduced legislation in both the Senate and House that would permanently impose a Commerce Department ban on sales of U.S. semiconductors and other items to Huawei.

Read the entire article at the Washington Times.

Published under: China , Huawei , Marco Rubio