As far as I understand it, there is no smoking gun. Ignoring some blatant IP theft some years ago, I actually think modern Huawei has been pretty free of wrongd

As far as I understand it, there is no smoking gun. Ignoring some blatant IP theft some years ago, I actually think modern Huawei has been pretty free of wrongdoing in recent years. And, yet, I still agree with the US position. I think a lot of people misunderstand the relationship between Chinese businesses and the the Chinese government. There is essentially zero legal recourse to resist government requests in China. None. Even assuming Huawei has no history of wrongdoing, any data running through their telecon equipment is only secure so far as the CCP chooses to allow it. And the CCP is historically brutally aggressive with whatever they think they can get away with as far as foreign policy goes. It really sort of sucks for Huawei if they truly haven't been irresponsible actors, but that doesn't change the realities of the situation.