Biden revoked 8 licenses for China's Huawei in 2024, document shows
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[July 03, 2024] By
Alexandra Alper
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration has revoked eight
licenses this year that had allowed some companies to ship goods to
Chinese telecoms equipment giant Huawei, according to a document first
reported by Reuters, as it seeks to pressure the resurgent company.
The Commerce Department, which oversees U.S. export policy, said in May
it had revoked "certain" licenses, as first reported by Reuters, but did
not specify the name or number of suppliers that were impacted. Licenses
for Qualcomm and Intel were among those revoked, Reuters reported at the
time.
"Since the beginning of 2024, (the Commerce Department) has revoked
eight additional licenses involving Huawei," the agency said in the
document, prepared in response to an inquiry by Republican Congressman
Michael McCaul.
According to the document, license approvals for Huawei include
"exercise equipment and office furniture and low-technology components
for consumer mass-market items, such as touchpad and touchscreen sensors
for tablets," which are widely available in China from Chinese and
foreign sources, the Commerce Department said.
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Huawei and Qualcomm did not respond to requests for comment. Intel
declined to comment. A spokesperson for the House Foreign Affairs
Committee, which is chaired by McCaul, said it had received the data on
Tuesday and is reviewing it.
The details shed new light on measures the Biden administration is
taking to thwart Huawei, as the company has started to rebound despite
Washington's efforts to cripple it on national security grounds. Huawei
has denied it is a security risk.
It also comes amid pressure from Republican China hardliners in Congress
to hammer the company, which shocked industry last August with a new
phone powered by a sophisticated chip manufactured by Chinese chipmaker
SMIC despite U.S. export restrictions on both companies.
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The phone helped Huawei smartphone sales spike 64% year on year in
the first six weeks of 2024, according to research firm
Counterpoint. Its smart car component business has also contributed
to Huawei's resurgence, with the company notching its fastest
revenue growth in four years in 2023.
Huawei was placed on a U.S. trade restriction list in 2019 amid
fears it could spy on Americans. Being added to the list means the
company's suppliers have to seek a special, difficult-to-obtain
license before shipping.
But Huawei suppliers have received licenses worth billions of
dollars to sell Huawei goods and technology, thanks to a policy
introduced by the Trump administration that allowed a much broader
swathe of items to flow to the firm than is typical for an
entity-listed company.
The summary also states that from 2018 to 2023, the agency approved
$335 billion worth of licenses out of a total $880 billion
applications seeking permission to sell to Chinese parties on the
entity list. Of those approvals, $222 billion worth came in 2021,
Biden's first year in office, out of $560 billion in applications
received that year, the agency added.
(Reporting by Alexandra Alper; Additional reporting by David
Shepardson; Editing by Christopher Cushing and Sandra Maler)
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