Sanctions-hit Huawei planning to build its components in Europe: Chairman

Chinese telecommunications group Huawei is working on a plan to build its own components at a site in Europe, its chairman said, after it was hit by US sanctions.

President Donald Trump has ordered American firms to cease doing business with Huawei, but Liang Hua reiterated denials that the company was a tool of Chinese intelligence.

“We are planning to manufacture our own components at a production site in Europe in the future,” he said in an interview at AFP’s headquarters.

“We are conducting a feasibility study to open a factory in Europe for this. The choice of country will depend on that study,” he said.

While there is no timetable for the choice, Liang said “it could happen very quickly”.