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Original title: There are only 3 days left in the mandate, still repressing Huawei!
The Trump administration has only three days left. Reuters cited sources familiar with the matter on the 18th. The Trump administration issued a notice to several chipmakers that it would revoke some of the licenses to sell products to Huawei. These Huawei vendors include Intel. (Intel Corporation. The Trump administration also intends to reject dozens of other applications to supply Huawei.
Reuters reporters reportedly saw an email sent by the Semiconductor Industry Association on the 15th. Among them, the US Department of Commerce “intentionally rejected a batch of license applications to export products to Huawei and revoked at least one previously issued license. ” An anonymous source said that more than one license was revoked.
According to the report, this email also indicated that this series of actions involved a “broad” product type in the semiconductor industry, with the Trump administration asking if the companies had received notifications. The email noted that companies have been waiting “months” to obtain licenses, with less than a week in the Trump administration, it is a challenge for companies to face this issue.
At present, spokespersons for the US Department of Commerce, the American Semiconductor Industry Association and Intel have not responded to this.
Another person familiar with the matter said that before the Trump administration issued this order, around 150 product and technology licenses worth $ 120 billion had not been approved. These licenses have been archived because United States government agencies cannot determine whether these licenses should be agreed.
According to Reuters, in May 2019, the Trump administration included Huawei on the US Department of Commerce’s “Entity List” for so-called national security reasons, preventing suppliers from selling US products and technologies. To Huawei. After that, the Trump administration declared that it would license some companies that want to sell products to Huawei “without posing a threat to national security.” However, because there is no defined standard, the industry cannot know if its application is possible. It was aproved.
China has responded to the continued US crackdown on Chinese companies like Huawei. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on January 14 that China’s position on relevant issues is consistent and clear. The Chinese government has always encouraged Chinese companies to carry out foreign economic cooperation in accordance with market principles, international rules, and laws and regulations. What we oppose is the politicization of economic and trade issues, the abuse of national power, the generalization of the concepts of national security and the unprovoked suppression of foreign companies. The United States must seriously adhere to the principles of a market economy and fair competition, abide by international economic and trade rules, and provide an open, fair, and non-discriminatory trading environment for companies from various countries, including Chinese companies, to invest and operate in the United States.
