U.S. brings new charges against Chinese tech giant

  • Photo provided A young woman with a smartphone and headphones walks past advertisement light boxes with the Huawei logo in Kiev, Ukraine.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department has added new criminal charges against Chinese tech giant Huawei and two of its U.S. subsidiaries.

The U.S. is accusing the company in a plot to steal trade secrets. The company is also accused of installing surveillance equipment that enabled Iran to spy on protesters during 2009 anti-government demonstrations in Iran, and of doing business in North Korea despite U.S. sanctions there. The case comes as the Trump administration is raising national security concerns about Huawei, the world’s largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer, and is lobbying Western allies against including the company in wireless, high-speed networks.