WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government has stopped approving licenses for American companies to export most data-x-items to Chinese tech giant Huawei.
U.S. officials are creating a new formal policy for the denial of data-x-items to be shipped to Huawei that would include those below the 5G level. Among those reportedly are 4G items, Wi-Fi 6 and 7, artificial intelligence, and high-performance computing and cloud items.
Another person told the outlet that the move is expected to reflect the Biden administration’s tightening of policy on Huawei over the past year. Licenses for 4G chips that cannot be used for 5G, which may have been approved earlier, will be denied, the source explained. Previously, licenses for data-x-items specific to 4G applications were granted.
A Commerce Department spokesperson said officials “continually assess our policies and regulations,” without providing details on talks with specific companies.
The report indicated that Huawei has faced American export restrictions regarding data-x-items for 5G and other technologies for several years. Nevertheless, the U.S. Department of Commerce has granted licenses for some American companies to sell certain goods and technologies to the company.