China will take necessary measures to firmly uphold the lawful rights and interests of Chinese companies in the wake of the recent U.S. move to ban imports and sales of telecommunications equipment from five Chinese firms, said a Chinese Ministry of Commerce spokeswoman on Thursday.
Shu Jueting, the spokeswoman, made the statement at a press conference in Beijing, responding to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s latest ban on the imports and sales of telecommunications equipment from five Chinese companies under the pretext that these companies pose “an unacceptable risk” to U.S. national security.
The U.S. side has time and again overstretched the concept of national security and abused national power to maliciously suppress Chinese companies, Shu said, adding that China is firmly opposed to such moves.
Such practices on the part of the United States will not only harm the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese firms, but also hurt the interests of U.S. companies and consumers, undermine the international economic order and trade rules, and are of no good to either side and the world at large, Shu said.
The United States should immediately correct its mistake, stop politicizing and weaponizing economic and trade issues, and treat all enterprises, including the Chinese ones, equally, Shu added.
