A court ruled Tuesday that the ban isn’t punitive and that the federal government has the right to take its business elsewhere.

The White House has also raised national security concerns about Huawei, and is aggressively lobbying Western allies to bar the company from their wireless, high-speed networks.

The virus, coming on the back of a disruptive trade war between the United States and China, has again exposed underlying tensions on multiple fronts between the world's two biggest economies.

The charges come as tensions between Canada and China remain at unprecedented levels.

Huawei is "able to offer extremely beneficial financing options," one expert says. Here's why Huawei is still an option to build Canada's 5G network.

Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig were arrested in what is widely seen as retaliation for Canada's decision to arrest Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou on an extradition request from the United States.

Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne called the cases of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor the "foremost" priority for Canada.

The U.S. Secretary of State played down concerns that Huawei's presence in Britain would severely disrupt intelligence sharing.

Expert warns Canada and the U.K. are in very different situations when it comes to risk from Huawei.

The U.K. government says Chinese tech company Huawei will be allowed to participate in high-speed wireless network but will be excluded from ``core'' parts of the system.