Huawei India and other subsidiaries added to the US Entity List
In a bid to move more Huawei subsidiaries into its Entity List,
the US Department of Commerce has now flagged Huawei India as well. This
arrives after the Trump administration cut off chip supplies from TSMC to
Huawei and is a move to pressure the Chinese group further.
In recent weeks, the trade dispute between the US and China
have risen again, despite the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic affecting both
nations. The former had often accused Huawei Technologies of being a front for
the Chinese government and alleged espionage, which the latter and the consumer
electronics vendor denied on numerous occasions. Now, Huawei and more of its
affiliates based out of the US have been added to the Entity List, where they
face a trade ban.
For those unaware, the Entity List by the US Commerce
Department is essentially a blacklist that bans companies or organizations
found in the list to interact with US based companies. In other words, cutting
off trade, technology, collaboration, and more. According to the US, “Huawei is
an untrustworthy vendor and a tool of the Chinese Communist Party, beholden to
its orders.”
Thus, even Huawei Technologies India Private Limited has
been added to the list. The US State Department stated that they have “engaged
for more than a year to share what we know about Huawei and other untrustworthy
vendors with allies and partners around the world.” So by banning the Chinese
group, the country is effectively cutting off any “loopholes” that Huawei was
using to exploit US technology and threaten national security.
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