US Opens Criminal Trial Against Huawei, Prosecutors Label Company 'Criminal Enterprise'

In a federal courtroom this week, the United States government formally opened its most direct legal confrontation with Huawei, the Chinese telecommunications giant, characterizing the company as a criminal enterprise before judge and jury. The trial distills years of geopolitical tension — export restrictions, security anxieties, diplomatic friction — into the structured language of criminal law, asking an American jury to render judgment on one of the world's most consequential technology companies. What unfolds in that courtroom may quietly redraw the boundaries of how nations hold foreign