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NEW YORK / WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (Reuters) – The Trump administration has notified several Huawei suppliers, including chipmaker Intel, that it is withdrawing certain licenses to sell to the Chinese company and plans to use dozens of other applications dismissed familiar with the matter, Reuters said.
The action against Huawei Technologies – probably the last against the company under the administration of Republican President Donald Trump – is the latest attempt to weaken the world’s largest manufacturer of telecommunications equipment, which they say poses a threat to US national security and foreign policy is. interests.
The announcements come amid a spate of US action against China in the last days of the Trump administration. Democrat Joe Biden will take the oath of office on Wednesday.
An Intel Corp. spokesman did not immediately comment, and a Department of Commerce spokesman did not immediately return requests for comment.
In an email that Reuters saw documenting the actions, the Semiconductor Industry Association said Friday the Department of Commerce had “issued intentions to extend a significant number of license applications for exports to Huawei and a revocation of at least one previously.” to refuse an issued license. ‘ Sources familiar with the situation, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said there was more than one recall.
The email said the actions span a ‘broad range’ of products in the semiconductor industry and asked companies if they had received notices.
The email notes that companies have been waiting for licensing decisions for several months and that it has been in the administration for less than a week, and that was a challenge.
A spokesman for the semiconductor group did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The United States placed Huawei on a Commerce Department “entity list” in May 2019, citing national security concerns, and restricted suppliers from selling U.S. goods and technology to the company.
But some sales were allowed and others were denied while the United States lifted restrictions on the company, including expanding the U.S. government to require licenses to sell semiconductors made with U.S. technology abroad.
Prior to the latest action, there were about 150 $ 120 billion worth of goods and technology licenses, according to a person familiar with the matter, who was suspended because various U.S. agencies could not agree or should be granted it.
Reporting by Karen Freifeld and Alexandra Alper; edited by Chris Sanders and Jonathan Oatis