Judge rejects Huawei challenge to federal ban of its products

A federal judge in Texas has rejected China-based tech giant Huawei's challenge to a ban on government purchases of its products based on national security concerns, upholding the authority of Congress to establish the ban through the National Defense Authorization Act.

The judge said Huawei failed to show how Congress violated the company's constitutional rights by legislating a ban under section 889 of the fiscal 2019 NDAA, citing findings by a congressional commission that Chinese tech companies pose “a threat...