FedEx sues U.S. Commerce Department over Huawei phone

FedEx has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government arguing that it should not be made to enforce export bans. The legal action occurred after a Huawei phone PCMag attempted to send from its UK office to its U.S. office was sent back to the UK due to President Trump's blacklisting of the Chinese company, sparking a firestorm of controversy for FedEx.

The device was delivered from London to Indianapolis, but was returned to our office in London. When we received it back, the package had a message stating that there was a "U.S. government issue" with Huawei and the Chinese government and that the device could not be delivered to its destination in New York. The delivery apparently caused a panic attack for a FedEx Europe package handler, FedEx told PCMag. Read more...