The Trump administration is imposing stricter policies that will make it even harder for Huawei to do business with U.S. businesses.
According to Reuters, has informed the Trump administration suppliers, including the chipmaker Intel, that they are revoking certain licenses for sale to Huawei. The Trump administration has also revealed intentions to reject dozens of other applications to supply the Chinese company.
Back in 2019, the U.S. Department of Commerce placed Huawei and its subsidiaries on the “Entity List,” which prevented many U.S. businesses from doing business with the Chinese company. One of the companies affected by this ruling was chipmaker Intel, but the department of commerce gave Intel a license to supply products to Huawei in late September. Now, however, the license has been revoked.
Huawei still makes laptops – a few days ago the company announced the MateBook X Pro 2021 and MateBook 13/14 2021 – the latest limitation could potentially hamper the company’s ability to make new computers. Previously, the restrictions imposed by the Trump administration made it difficult for Huawei to do business. The latest developments make Huawei’s future more uncertain than ever before.
Earlier restrictions effectively blocked most disk makers from supplying Huawei, preventing the company from manufacturing its ARM-based SoC design through contract disk makers such as TSMC. As a result, the Kirin 9000 found in the Huawei Mate 40 series is expected to be the company’s latest self-designed Kirin silicone, and the company will have to turn to 4G chips from competitors such as Qualcomm or hope that China’s semiconductor production manufactures. industry may increase.
Huawei has taken steps in recent months to reduce its reliance on US businesses. In November, the company announced that it was selling Honor, a smartphone brand among the Huawei Consumer Business Group, to a consortium of more than 30 agents and retailers. By adding cash, the company can become completely independent.
Today’s news comes a few days before President Trump will end his term, with President-elect Joe Biden taking over. When Trump is no longer president, it remains to be seen whether these and other restrictions will be lifted.