The Chinese Embassy in Argentina released a statement accusing the United States of interfering in commercial ties between Argentine companies and Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei. The Chinese Embassy said its U.S. counterpart had “deliberately stoked the ‘China threat theory,’ expanded the concept of national security and, by revoking visas, blatantly prevented an Argentine company from engaging in normal cooperation with the Chinese company Huawei.” The Argentine company involvedThe CALF Cooperative (Neuquén Provincial Cooperative for Public and Community Services, Limited) distributes electricity in the Patagonian city of Neuquén and surrounding areas in the south of Argentina. Ambassador Peter Lamelas told Argentine newspaper Clarín that the issue was not one of interference in “Argentine sovereignty” but rather of U.S. national security. Cover image: Chinese Embassy