Contracting lawyer warns of 'severe' consequences from new rule banning Huawei products

A leading legal voice for the federal contracting community warns a new regulation banning purchases of products from Huawei and other China-based tech companies will prevent some U.S. suppliers from bidding on contracts, which could force the government to do without certain services and components.

“Regulations have to conform to the statute which requires them. And this statute is severe in the method by which it operates, so it should not be surprising that the regulation also is severe,” Robert...