Is there anything that Huawei does that Western companies don't do, such as trying to steal their competitors secrets?

https://www.digitaltrends.com/business/google-sues-uber-over...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-43010348

For any older person this is no news. Didn't we something like this with Hitachi in the 80s?

Of course the authorities try to ban purchases from foreign companies that steal American company's secrets, but they don't apply the same rule to American companies that steal other American companies secrets.

They also don't seem so eager to launch sting operations against American companies who aim to steal other American companies secrets.