华为美国公司起诉美商务部：扣押设备长达20多个月

据新华社6月22日报道，华为美国公司日前在美国华盛顿特区地区法院起诉美国商务部，认为美国商务部扣押华为设备并迟迟不作出相关决定的行为“非法”。

据美国《国会山报》报道：

Chinese tech giant Huawei filed a civil lawsuit against the U.S. on Friday, saying the Commerce Department mishandled equipment from the company it had seized in 2017.

法院公开的诉讼文件显示，2017年，华为将包括一台计算机服务器和一台以太网交换机在内的多件原产于中国的电信设备运往美国加利福尼亚州一家独立实验室检测，完成检测后计划将设备运回。

当年9月，这些设备在运回中国的途中被美国商务部以调查是否需要出口许可为由，扣押于阿拉斯加州安克雷奇市。

The lawsuit, filed on Friday at the US District Court in Washington, tells that the company shipped telecommunications equipment, including a computer server and an Ethernet switch, from China to an independent lab in California to undergo certification testing in 2017. In September that year, when the equipment was to be shipped back to China, the US government detained the shipment in Anchorage, Alaska.

The Commerce Department told Huawei the shipment would be delayed while it investigated whether an export license was needed to send it.

诉讼文件表示，设备被扣后，华为按要求提交了相关信息，并被告知美国商务部下属机构通常在45天内作出设备是否需要出口许可的决定。迄今为止，设备已被扣20多个月，而美国商务部仍未作出决定。

华为方面表示，截至提起诉讼时，这些设备已“在阿拉斯加的仓库中陷入官僚主义僵局”，长达632天。

The US government has "unlawfully withheld and unreasonably delayed" its responsibility to make a license determination and the equipment "remains in a bureaucratic limbo in an Alaskan warehouse," the filing said.

华为方面认为，这些设备在美国境外生产并被送回原产国，无需出口许可。诉讼文件主张，不论美国商务部最初扣押设备是否存在过错，无故拖延作出是否放行的决定都是“非法的”。

华为没有向美国商务部索赔，但要求美国商务部对相关设备运输是否违规作出裁决，如果裁定不违规，美国商务部应放行设备。

The tech behemoth is asking the court to order the Commerce Department to determine whether the products fall under the purview of export controls and to release the equipment if not. It is not seeking any financial damages.

编辑：陈月华

来源：新华社 中国日报 The Hill

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