{"id":3612,"date":"2020-05-16T10:17:48","date_gmt":"2020-05-16T06:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/?p=3612"},"modified":"2020-07-22T16:56:17","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T12:56:17","slug":"us-bans-companies-from-selling-chips-to-huawei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/us-bans-companies-from-selling-chips-to-huawei\/","title":{"rendered":"US bans companies from selling chips to Huawei"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Trump administration plans to block shipments of semiconductors to Huawei, ramping up tensions between the US and China<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new rules will force foreign semiconductor manufacturers that use US technology to get a license from American officials before shipping products to Huawei. That\u2019ll be a big blow to the Chinese tech giant, which needs semiconductors produced overseas for its smartphones and telecoms equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The US commerce department <\/a>said\u00a0the restrictions were a response to Huawei and its semiconductor subsidiary HiSilicon skirting export controls introduced last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Read: Trump extends the Huawei ban to 2021<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is not how a responsible global corporate citizen behaves,\u201d said Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross in a statement<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe must amend our rules exploited by Huawei and HiSilicon and prevent US technologies from enabling malign activities contrary to US national security and foreign policy interests.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rising tensions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The new rules will further escalate tensions between the US and China, which have risen dramatically since the coronavirus outbreak. Last week, President Trump threatened to \u201ccut off the whole relationship\u201d with China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Huawei\u2018s emergence as a 5G powerhouse and alleged connections to the Chinese government have placed it at the center of a trade war between the two superpowers. Only yesterday, the Trump administration extended the ban on US companies using Huawei telecoms equipment to May 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The latest move is a further blow to the Shenzhen-based firm \u2014 which has become increasingly defensive to attacks from the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Chinese government will not just stand by and watch Huawei be slaughtered on the chopping board,\u201d Huawei Chairman Eric Xu told reporters on March 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s hoping we\u2019re not on the verge of a new Cold War.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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