The Biden administration is considering a blanket ban on sales by U.S. firms to Chinese tech giant Huawei, news outlets including Bloomberg and the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.
Both the Trump and Biden administrations have restricted sales of tech to Shenzhen-based Huawei for several years, but some firms, chipmaker Qualcomm among them, have been able to continue trading by obtaining special licenses. It's important business for these companies, too, with suppliers to Huawei getting licenses worth $61 billion between April and November 2021 alone.
The U.S. Department of Commerce, which issues the licenses, declined to confirm that it was clamping down on exports to Huawei, but a source told Bloomberg that the government is keen to ban all sales to the firm, which is thought to have close links to the Chinese government.
Sending technology to Huawei is also a major concern as government officials believe it could be used by the Chinese military. Meanwhile, imports of Huawei telecommunications equipment have already been banned by the U.S. and other countries over fears it could compromise national security.
In broader efforts to slow China's technology-based growth, the U.S. has reportedly persuaded the Netherlands and Japan to follow its example and rein in exports of advanced semiconductor manufacturing machinery to China.
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