US extends blacklisted Huawei license through May 15
The Trump administration said on Tuesday it was extending a
license allowing U.S. companies to continue doing business with China's Huawei
Technologies Co Ltd until May 15.
The U.S. Commerce Department has issued a series of
extensions of the temporary license and had previously extended it until April
1. Huawei, the second-largest maker of smartphones, is also a major telecom
equipment that provides 5G network technology.
After adding Huawei to an economic blacklist in May citing
national security concerns, the U.S. Commerce Department has allowed it to
purchase some American-made goods in a move aimed at minimizing disruption for
its customers, many of which operate wireless networks in rural America.
Separately, the U.S. Commerce Department sought public
comments on whether it should issue future extensions and asked what was the
"impact on your company or organization if the temporary general license
is not extended?" The Commerce Department also asked about the costs
associated with ending the licenses.
The department has said the licenses allow rural carriers to
continue to service customers in some of the most remote areas of the United
States.
U.S. President Donald Trump also signed an executive order
in May barring U.S. companies from using telecommunications equipment made by
companies deemed to pose a national security risk.
The Trump administration has been urging foreign governments
to bar Huawei from building 5G networks.
In November, the Federal Communications Commission followed
up by voting unanimously to designate Huawei and ZTE Corp as national security
risks, effectively barring their rural customers in the United States from
tapping an $8.5 billion government fund to purchase equipment.
Last month, Congress passed legislation to reimburse
telecommunications providers with fewer than 2 million customers who replace
equipment in their networks deemed to pose a national security risk.
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