Washington really has it in for Huawei

US President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Wednesday in which he declared a national economic emergency and banned the technology and services of "foreign adversaries" deemed to pose "unacceptable risks" to US national security.

The US intention is so obvious that media outlets around the world have without exception interpreted this as targeting Huawei, by excluding the Chinese telecommunications giant from US networks.

Washington has repeatedly claimed that Huawei's equipment poses a security threat, but for all the sound and fury, it signifies nothing, as it has never produced any credible evidence, indeed any evidence at all.