By Karen Freifeld NEW YORK, Sept 9 (Reuters) - A U.S. prosecutor described China's Huawei as a criminal enterprise that stole from American companies to build its telecommunications empire, as the trial against the tech giant kicked off in Brooklyn federal court on Wednesday.

A racketeering conspiracy trial of Huawei Technologies has begun in New York, with federal prosecutors accusing the Chinese tech company of a litany of crimes, including stealing technology from American companies,

Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies has unveiled another triple-folding smartphone, the Mate XT2, which is powered by chips not subject to U.S. supply restrictions. This news comes just ahead of the annual launch of Apple Inc.

Even though it'll be really pricey, Huawei's Mate XT2 is taking one of the Galaxy S26 Ultra's best features and putting it in a foldable phone for the first time.

The prosecution alleged Huawei employed a criminal conspiracy to gain global dominance through lying and stealing.

Huawei’s Mate XT 2 can record an ECG using electrodes in its metal frame, reviving smartphone health monitoring with capabilities beyond the older heart-rate sensors.

Huawei's new tri-folding phone is slimmer than before and adds a privacy screen mode, arriving just as Apple readies its iPhone Ultra.

The launches come ahead of Apple’s unveiling of its latest iPhone series on Wednesday, with expectations high that it could also introduce a foldable phone.

The Mate XT 2 also borrows Samsung’s inward-folding design.

Partner Matt Axelrod is quoted in the Wall Street Journal article “Huawei Faces U.S. Criminal Trial Weeks Before Trump-Xi Meeting” as saying that a guilty verdict could hinder Huawei’s ability to deal