美國國會又將矛頭指向谷歌與華為的關系

Members of Congress have begun scrutinizing Google’s relationship with China’s Huawei Technologies Co.—roping another Silicon Valley giant into Washington’s escalating digital cold war with Beijing.

美國國會議員開始審視谷歌與中國華為技術有限公司(Huawei Technologies Co.)的合作關系，意味著又一家硅谷巨頭卷入了不斷升級的美中數字冷戰(zhàn)。

A group of influential lawmakers have taken aim at one facet of Google’s operating-system partnership with Huawei. A recent deal between the two was designed to upgrade capabilities on smartphones—like those made by Huawei—that run Google’s Android OS.

一群頗有影響力的美國議員將目標對準了谷歌與華為操作系統合作關系的一個方面。這兩家公司最近達成一項協議，旨在升級運行谷歌Android操作系統的智能手機的功能，譬如華為手機。

The new attention comes after members of Congress questioned Facebook Inc. about its data partnerships with Huawei and three other Chinese electronics makers. Facebook said it would wind down the Huawei deal by week’s end, and it says no user data was stored on Huawei’s servers.

美國議員此前曾質疑Facebook Inc. (FB)與華為和其他三家中國電子產品制造商的數據協議。Facebook表示將在本周結束與華為的協議，并表示沒有將用戶數據存儲在華為服務器上。

Some members of Congress also plan to voice displeasure over Google’s continued partnership with Huawei in light of its more recent decision not to renew a Defense Department contract.

一些議員還準備對谷歌與華為的持續(xù)合作表達不滿，特別是在近期谷歌決定不再續(xù)簽與美國國防部訂立的合同之后。

“We look forward to answering these questions,” a Google spokesman said Thursday. “Like many U.S. companies, we have agreements with dozens of [manufacturers] around the world, including Huawei. We do not provide special access to Google user data as part of these agreements, and our agreements include privacy and security protections for user data.”

一位谷歌發(fā)言人周四表示，“我們期待對這些問題作出回答;與許多美國公司一樣，我們與全球數十家(制造商)簽訂了協議，其中也包括華為。我們在這些協議中不提供獲取谷歌用戶數據的特殊權限，作為這些協議的一部分，我們的協議包含涉及用戶數據隱私和安全保護的條款。”

A spokesperson for Huawei wasn’t immediately available to comment.

華為發(fā)言人未立即就此事置評。

The group of lawmakers involved includes some of the biggest public critics of Huawei. Sens. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) and Rep. Mike Conaway (R., Texas), introduced separate bills in the Senate and House aimed at tightening up restrictions on Huawei’s telecommunications-equipment sales in the U.S. Those bills have gained bipartisan support in both chambers.

這些議員中包括對華為最嚴厲的一些公開批評者。阿肯色州共和黨參議員Tom Gotton與得州共和黨眾議員Mike Conaway曾分別在參議院和眾議院提出議案，要求收緊對華為在美國銷售電信設備的限制。他們的議案已在參眾兩院獲得兩黨支持。