The House Intelligence Committee, the Commission that oversees American intelligence agencies, accused in 2012 the Chinese equipment manufacturers Huawei and ZTE of threatening national security. These agencies were well placed to imagine that foreign equipment could be used for espionage, since this is precisely what these same agencies were doing on their side with American equipment, within the framework of the Prism scandal revealed by Edward Snowden.

The Commission therefore banned their network equipment, but not their consumer products, such as phones, tablets or watches.

Six years later, they are about to be banned in turn. World number three, behind Samsung and Apple, Huawei had just set out to conquer the American market with its Mate 10 Pro. But after AT&T and Verizon in January, Best Buy could bow to political pressure and falter Huawei, a source told CNET. The Mate 10 Pro would then no longer be available from any American operator, the main channels for acquiring smartphones in the United States, and would disappear from the largest chain of electronics stores in the country. It is still referenced by Amazon and Newegg.