USDA approves Huawei Technologies, earlier seen by Treasury as national security threat
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently included two Chinese state-run telecommunications companies as approved suppliers for the Obama administration's multibillion-dollar program to expand broadband Internet service around the country.
Huawei Technologies and ZTE, both state-owned Chinese firms, were included in a USDA list of safe and approved telecommunications equipment providers for the broadband expansion program.