On Monday, U.S. prosecutors released indictments against Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei and its CFO Meng Wanzhou, alleging that Huawei attempted to steal technology and cover it up, offered cooperate rewards for industrial espionage, committed fraud, and misled companies on ties to Iran in violation of sanctions, and other charges.

Those allegations go to the heart of American complaints against Chinese trade abuses: lack of respect for intellectual property protections, robbery of technology, and the use of business to spy.