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Huawei crackdown

FedEx says misroute of Huawei packages was an error

US shipper denies pressure from external parties to divert documents

FedEx redirected two Huawei packages sent from Japan to China to the U.S., with another pair of packages shipped from Hanoi also diverted.   © Reuters

GUANGZHOU -- Huawei Technologies is reportedly reviewing its business with American logistics company FedEx, saying that packages sent from Japan to China were diverted without explanation to the U.S.

FedEx issued a statement Tuesday on Chinese microblogging site Weibo: "We regret that an isolated number of Huawei packages were inadvertently misrouted, and confirm that we were not requested by any external party to divert these packages."

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