The White House is considering an end to export licenses related to
Huawei
, making it so the
Chinese
company will have a harder time constructing and selling its mobile devices.
Revoking the licenses would end the company’s access to United States-produced chips and limit sellers’ ability to send the products overseas. This decision could affect contracts with major chipmakers such as Qualcomm and Intel, whose chips are used in Huawei devices. This consideration arises as the
Commerce Department
seeks to put pressure on China by restricting access to chips and semiconductors.
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“The policy that had allowed exports to Huawei, notwithstanding the entity listing, is being wound down. The White House is now telling Commerce, ‘Cut off the 4G sales, the time has come to do more pain to Huawei, to try to finish their demise,'” a former senior security official familiar with the decisions told the
Wall Street Journal
.
Huawei has been the target of scrutiny by both the Biden and Trump administrations over allegations of assisting in espionage. The Federal Communications Commission
banned
the sale and importation of Huawei-made telecommunication equipment in November over national security concerns.
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Huawei is one of the largest telecommunication companies globally but has come under intense examination by Western countries, such as the U.S. and the United Kingdom, because of
ties to the Chinese Communist Party
.
The Commerce Department has implemented
multiple export controls
to restrict Chinese access to U.S. chips. It has also
asked
Japan and Netherlands to restrict such trade.
