WASHINGTON - Huawei Technologies filed a lawsuit against the US Commerce Department on Friday , challenging whether telecommunications equipment it sent from China to the United States, and then back to China, is covered by Export Administration Regulations, according to a court filing.Washington said the Chinese company's telecommunications gear could be used by Beijing to spy. Huawei denies that is the case.
But the equipment was seized in Alaska by the US government, and no decision has been made about whether a licence is required to ship it, the filing said. Huawei contends that the equipment did not require a licence because it did not fall into a controlled category and because it was made outside the United States and was being returned to the same country from which it came.
In May, the Trump administration added Huawei to the entity list, barring it from buying needed US parts and components without US government approval.
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