On Friday, The US Court of Appeals ruled against Chinese tech company Huawei’s plea to override the FCC’s ruling. Under the ruling, the FFC classified Huawei as a national security risk. Federal government subsidy recipients were banned from utilising funds to purchase products or services from companies classified as a “national security risk”.
Huawei’s challenge to the competence of the commission was only met by the court upholding the FCC’s ruling. The court stated the FCC was within its rights to classify Huawei as a national security risk. Huawei argued that the ruling would be unjustified under the APA and that the ruling would violate covered companies’ due process rights. However, these claims were rejected by the court.