Huawei’s ability to access US suppliers may have been further restricted.
Érika García / CNET
The Trump administration met Huawei’s U.S. suppliers, including Intel, with restrictions a few days earlier Inauguration of the President by Joe BidenReuters reported on Sunday. It will apparently reject many requests to deliver Chinese telecommunications also.
Huawei was added to the list of the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security in May 2019 by order of President Donald Trump effectively prohibit the company from US communications networks.
The US initially offered companies a respite so they could work with Huawei through a temporary general license. However, the Department of Commerce accused the company of using the rules to continue using American technology in its semiconductor design. It tightened these rules in August 2020, saying the temporary general license would not be renewed any further.
It is unclear what stance the future Biden administration will take on Huawei, but the US government’s actions are a consequence of this many years National security concerns that Huawei has close ties with the Chinese government – an indictment the company has repeatedly denied.
Neither Huawei, Intel, the Commerce Department, nor the White House immediately responded to requests for comment.
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