Huawei is challenging its US contracting ban as unconstitutional

On Tuesday, Huawei filed a legal motion challenging a government ban on its equipment as unconstitutional. It’s the latest effort by the Chinese tech company to push back against policies limiting its global reach.

Huawei is currently struggling with an existential threat to its business after the US Commerce Department blocked the company from contracting with US companies without government approval. The ban, instituted earlier this month, has already forced companies like Google to suspend work with the Chinese tech giant.

That order is just the latest effort by the US government to push Huawei out of the country. Before the wider ban, Congress passed a law barring Huawei products from use in the government, labeling them a potential…

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