Posted on 07/23/2021 11:27:48 AM PDT by bitt
Biden admin has take tough stance against Chinese company, labeled national security threat
The Chinese telecom giant Huawei is hiring Washington lobbyist Tony Podesta – the brother of former top Obama aide John Podesta – in an effort to help improve its ties with the Biden administration, Politico reported.
Podesta, who Politico reports will serve as an all-purpose lobbyist for the company in Washington, will have his work cut out for him. The president has taken a hardline stance against the controversial Chinese company.
Huawei was designated a national security threat by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) last year because of its "close ties to the Chinese Communist Party and China’s military apparatus," according to former FCC Chairman Ajit Pai.
"We cannot and will not allow the Chinese Communist Party to exploit network vulnerabilities and compromise our critical communications infrastructure," Pai also said last year.
The FCC doubled down on its designation of Huawei as a threat this year under the Biden administration. And President Biden has taken a tough stance against Huawei, especially on its efforts to help install 5G equipment in U.S.-allied countries.
"Telecommunications equipment made by untrusted vendors is a threat to the security of the U.S. and our allies," a Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) spokesperson told FOX Business earlier this month. That bureau is housed within the Department of Commerce.
"We will ensure that American telecommunications networks do not use equipment from untrusted vendors and will work with allies to secure their telecommunications networks and make investments to expand the production of telecommunications equipment by trusted U.S. and allied companies," the spokesperson also said. "Huawei’s ties to China’s military, human rights abuses, and theft of intellectual property are a source of deep concern, and the U.S. government is committed to taking regulatory action to
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As long as the money is good, who cares who signs the front of the check.
Naaaahhh.. the Chinese just want to know the best places in DC to get hot pizza.
Payolagate
pretty brazen in yo face move.
I guess hildabeast will be showing up in Beijing any day now
btw: where is huma these days?
Tony is the cash bagman for Biden.
Biden gets the first cut.
Good plan. It works. No one, other than Fox, will question it.
That’s mistake.
They should just buy some of Hunter’s ‘art.’
........”those paedesta boys sure got a nose for dirty money”.......
Striaght path to the President. Access granted! They know the game well....just ask Hillary.
Does he get paid in little chinese boys?
Why waste time talking to Joe, get a hold of Hunter. He’ll get the job done.
He requested to be paid in children…
Spirit cooking sick freaky art connoisseur will make sure the big guy gets his 10%.
It’s a Big Club, and you ain’t in it.
You mean, the same Tony Podesta who failed to register as a foreign agent when he represented a bank with ties to Russian spy agencies, and was given a pass by the government?
They're cut from the same corrupt cloth that the Rodham brothers were.
After Trunp left the WH Biden has turned it into a Banana republic.
Lobby Biden to favor China? Easiest job in the world.
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