Huawei Ends US Lobbying Operations After Years of Fighting Ban

Huawei Technologies Co., the Chinese wireless equipment maker that spent tens of millions of dollars trying to win over US policymakers only to eventually be blacklisted, has shuttered its in-house lobbying operations in Washington.

Huawei’s last two registered lobbyists there — Jeff Hogg and Donald Morrissey — left in recent months, Bloomberg News found. The Shenzhen, China-based firm didn’t respond to multiple requests for comment.

The lobbyists’ recent departures follow an exodus of staff from Huawei’s US operations, and marks a quiet end to the company’s costly, years-long effort to maintain presence in the North American market. The firm ...