Huawei hires trade lobbyists as sales slow in US-China fight

WASHINGTON - Huawei Technologies Co. hired the law firm Sidley Austin LLP to lobby on trade as the US pressures allies to join it in blacklisting the Chinese telecom giant and the company finds itself increasingly mired in President Donald Trump's trade war with Beijing.

Huawei, which is under an existential threat after the Trump administration blocked it from buying American technology over national-security concerns, has been drawn into the latest escalation of the trade war. DEEPENS TIES Sidley Austin is already defending Huawei and a US affiliate against charges that they defrauded at least four banks by concealing business dealings in Iran in violation of US sanctions.

Sidley is also representing Huawei in a suit against the US over seizure of telecommunications equipment during an investigation into whether the gear required export licenses. Neither Cole nor the lawyers listed in that lawsuit are among the lobbyists on the disclosure. AMERICAN ONSLAUGHT Huawei, which the US says poses a risk because it must cooperate with Beijing's espionage agencies under Chinese law, is kicking off a yearslong overhaul to create an"iron army" that can help it survive an American onslaught while protecting its lead in next-generation wireless, Ren warned in an internal memo seen by Bloomberg News.

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