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Huawei will ‘inevitably be impacted’ by ‘arbitrary and pernicious’ US restrictions, it says
- The US Commerce Department announced new restrictions on Huawei’s ability to develop semiconductors using American technologies last week
- The new rule will directly affect Taiwanese wafer foundry TSMC, the world’s largest contract chip maker and a key Huawei supplier
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Huawei Technologies will “inevitably be impacted” by what it has described as an “arbitrary and pernicious” decision by the Trump administration to further restrict the ability of the Chinese telecommunications giant to develop semiconductors using American technologies, it said on Monday.
However, Huawei rotating chairman Guo Ping said at the company's global analyst summit in Shenzhen, “as the challenges over the past year have helped us develop a thicker skin, we are confident about finding solutions soon”. The company is still evaluating the impact of the new restriction and “survival is currently the keyword for Huawei”, Guo added at the subsequent question and answer session.
The company’s comments come after the US Commerce Department said last Friday it would refine its regulations specifically on how to define “direct product” rules to “narrowly and strategically target Huawei’s acquisition of semiconductors that are the direct product of certain US software and technology”.

The new rule, which went into effect on Friday but has a 120-day grace period, means even non-US chip manufacturers using American chip making technologies will have to apply for licences before shipping chips to Huawei or its 114 subsidiaries, including its chip design unit HiSilicon.
The move once again puts Shenzhen-based Huawei centre stage in the US’ efforts to decouple from China in technology, as the Trump administration and lawmakers across political parties voice concern that America’s dependence on China for critical technology could threaten the country’s national security.
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