Huawei sues US government over ban

Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies Co is suing the United States government over a ban that bars federal agencies from using its products, marking arguably its biggest push to seek "fair treatment" in one of the world's largest telecom markets, analysts said.

They said the move signals that Huawei is resorting to US laws to safeguard its legitimate interests, after the US government called it a security threat without giving the company a chance for due process.

Guo Ping, Huawei's rotating chairman, said on Thursday at a news conference in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, that "the US Congress has repeatedly failed to produce any evidence to support its restrictions on Huawei products. We are compelled to take this legal action as a proper and last resort."