Bipartisan group of lawmakers urge Google to drop partnership with Chinese phone maker Huawei

A bipartisan group of lawmakers sent a letter to Google expressing concerns over the company’s partnership with the Chinese phone maker Huawei. The group of senators and congressmen said that the partnership poses national security concerns, in step with previous efforts to keep Chinese tech firms, including ZTE and Huawei, from doing business in the US. “Since the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence released its investigative report on the national-security issues posed by Chinese telecommunications firms in 2012, US officials have publicly raised concerns about Huawei’s ties to the Chinese government,” the lawmakers wrote, citing a report outlining the potential national security risks posed by Chinese tech companies.  The lawmakers who signed the letter addressed to Google CEO Sundar Pichai included Rep Mike Conaway (R-TX), Sen Tom Cotton (R-AR), Sen Marco Rubio (R-FL), Rep Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Rep Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD).