U.S. Takes Huawei Fight Directly to Telecom Industry

Washington says Huawei could be compelled by Beijing to spy on or disable foreign telecom networks that use its equipment. The Trump administration has been particularly focused on dissuading allies from using Huawei gear in their rollout of 5G--the next-generation mobile networks that promise to connect more things, including self-driving cars and factory components, to the internet. In a sign of the challenges ahead for U.S. officials, though, the trade show here has offered Huawei the opportunity to tout new deals with America's friends. It used this week's Mobile World Congress, rebranded this year as MWC Barcelona, to announce a high-profile agreement with the biggest carrier in the United Arab Emirates, one of America's closest Mideast allies, to build that country's first 5G network. Despite facing off on European soil, Huawei is benefiting from the sense of a home-court advantage here.