The European Commission has recently put forward a draft amendment to the Cybersecurity Act, with the intention of gradually eliminating components and equipment from entities labeled as "high-risk suppliers" in vital sectors. While the draft doesn't directly single out particular companies or countries, in the context of the increasingly stringent technology - related scrutiny of China by the United States and Europe, this initiative is widely seen as a fresh wave of restrictions aimed at Chinese tech firms, with Huawei being a prime target.

Huawei has issued a response, asserting that legislative proposals aimed at restricting or excluding non - EU suppliers based on their country of origin, rather than on factual evidence and technical standards, go against the EU's core legal tenets of fairness, non - discrimination, and proportionality. Moreover, such proposals contravene the EU's obligations under the World Trade Organization.