Lawmakers Ask Trump Admin to Blacklist Futurewei as Huawei Subsidiary

Reps. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) are asking the Trump administration to blacklist Futurewei Technologies, treating it the same as the United States does Huawei, the Chinese tech giant blacklisted for national security reasons. The March 5 letter follows a House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party probe into U.S.-based Futurewei last September, which the lawmakers said produced documentation that Futurewei is controlled by Huawei. Futurewei did not immediately respond to a request for comment. “Huawei exercises ultimate ownership and control over Futurewei’s finances, operations, and personnel—allowing Huawei to maintain an active U.S. presence despite the federal actions taken against it,” the letter reads....