China strongly opposes Canada’s recent ban on using equipment and services from Chinese tech giants Huawei and ZTE in its telecommunications systems, the Commerce Ministry said on Friday.
Canada announced Thursday its intention to exclude Huawei and ZTE products and services from its telecommunications systems.
The Canadian government imposed the ban on these Chinese companies citing “national security” concerns, without concrete evidence, a ministry spokesperson said, stressing that this represented the wrong decision and sent the wrong signals.
The decision violates the principles of market economy and free trade rules, harms the commercial interests of Chinese and Canadian companies and jeopardizes the confidence of companies of the two countries in carrying out mutual cooperation. beneficial, explained the spokesperson. It will have negative impacts on economic and trade relations between China and Canada.
“We urge the Canadian side to handle China-Canada cooperation in an objective and rational manner and immediately reverse its wrong actions,” the spokesperson continued.
China will assess the impact of Canada’s measures on Chinese companies and reserves the right to take any necessary measures, according to the spokesperson.