Commerce Division nonetheless considers Huawei blacklisted regardless of Trump’s deal – CNET

Huawei stays on the Commerce Division’s Entity Checklist, a report stated.

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The Commerce Division is seemingly nonetheless treating Huawei as blacklisted regardless of President Donald Trump saying he’d ease limitations on corporations promoting gear to the Chinese language telecom. A senior official emailed enforcement workers on Monday to claim that the corporate stays on its Entity Checklist and is “presumption of denial” licensing coverage remains to be in place, Reuters reported.

The e-mail got here two days after Trump agreed to raise some restrictions he put in place with a Could government order in an effort to kickstart commerce talks with Chinese language President Xi Jinping. After that, Nationwide Financial Council Chairman Larry Kudlow famous that US corporations can solely promote extensively accessible merchandise to Huawei.

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Huawei has been the topic of long-running US nationwide safety considerations as a consequence of suspected hyperlinks with the Chinese language authorities and the assumption that its gear might be used for spying — suspicions the corporate denies.

Huawei nonetheless is not certain the place it stands with US corporations — it is also reportedly ready to listen to from the Commerce Division about utilizing Google’s Android working system in future cellular units.

Neither the Commerce Division nor Huawei instantly responded to requests for remark.

First printed at 2:45 a.m. PT.
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