Overview
- Jury selection began in Brooklyn on Sept. 8–9, 2026 and the trial has moved into opening statements and early witness testimony.
- Prosecutors told jurors that Huawei acted as a criminal enterprise that used a Hong Kong firm, Skycom, to route more than $100 million in U.S.‑dollar transactions to evade Iran sanctions and to obtain embargoed equipment.
- The indictment accuses Huawei of conspiring to steal trade secrets from U.S. firms, citing examples such as Cisco router source code and a T‑Mobile robotic arm taken to test phones.
- Prosecutors plan to introduce admissions made by former CFO Meng Wanzhou under her 2021 deferred‑prosecution agreement as evidence, and they say they will seek forfeiture if Huawei is convicted.
- Huawei denies company‑wide wrongdoing and Beijing calls the case economic pressure, but a conviction could reinforce the legal basis for past U.S. export restrictions and influence U.S.‑China tech ties.