It could be delayed again, they said. The executive order would invoke the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which gives the president the authority to regulate commerce in response to a national emergency that threatens the US. Washington believes equipment made by Huawei Technologies, the world’s third largest smartphone maker, could be used by the Chinese state to spy. Huawei, which has repeatedly denied the allegations, did not immediately comment.Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said during a daily briefing in Beijing on Wednesday that the United States had been “abusing its national power” to “deliberately smear” and suppress certain Chinese companies. “We urge the US to stop using the excuse of security issues to unreasonably suppress Chinese companies, and provide a fair, just, nondiscriminatory environment for Chinese companies carrying out normal investments and operations in the United States.”

Source: Economic Times May 15, 2019 18:00 UTC