Huawei faces US racketeering trial after decade-long legal battle

After nearly a decade of legal maneuvering, Huawei Technologies now stands before a New York jury to answer one of the most consequential questions in modern commerce: whether a company's rise to global dominance was built upon a foundation of systematic criminal conduct. The charges — sanctions violations through undisclosed dealings in Iran, and the theft of competitors' intellectual property — are not mere regulatory infractions but strike at the soul of how an enterprise chooses to grow. Whatever verdict emerges, this trial will leave a mark on the long and complicated story of how nations