Trump slams China’s Huawei, blocking supplies from Intel and others, insiders say
- The administration is revoking certain licences to sell to the Chinese tech giant and intends to reject dozens of other applications to supply the telecoms firm
- The moves comes amid a flurry of US actions against China in the final days of the Trump presidency
The Trump administration notified several Huawei suppliers, including chip maker Intel, that it is revoking certain licences to sell to the Chinese company and intends to reject dozens of other applications to supply the telecommunications firm, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
The action against Huawei Technologies Co. – likely the last against the company under Republican President Donald Trump’s administration – is the latest in a long-running effort to weaken the world’s largest telecommunications equipment maker, which it says is a threat to US national security and foreign policy interests.
The notices came amid a flurry of US actions against China in the final days of the Trump administration. Democrat Joe Biden will take the oath of office as president on Wednesday.
An Intel Corp spokesman had no immediate comment, and a Commerce Department spokesman did not immediately return requests for comment.
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In an email seen by Reuters documenting the actions, the Semiconductor Industry Association said on Friday the Commerce Department had issued “intents to deny a significant number of licence requests for exports to Huawei and a revocation of at least one previously issued licence”.
Sources familiar with the situation, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said there was more than one revocation. One of the sources said eight licences were yanked from four companies.