The Trump administration notified several huawei suppliers, including chipmaker Intel, that it would revoke certain licenses sold to the Chinese company and intends to reject dozens of other applications to supply the telecom company, people familiar with the matter told Reuters, according to Reuters.
The action against Huawei Technologies could be the last against Huawei during the administration of Republican President Donald Trump, the latest in a long effort to weaken the world’s largest telecoms equipment maker. The Trump administration has said Huawei is a threat to U.S. national security and foreign policy interests.
The notices come amid a flurry of actions against China in the final days of the Trump administration. Biden, a Democrat, will be sworn in as president on Wednesday.
A spokesman for Intel Corp. was not immediately available for comment, and a Commerce Department spokesman did not immediately return a request for comment.
In an email documenting the actions seen by Reuters, the Semiconductor Industry Association said on Friday that the Commerce Department “intends to deny a significant number of license applications for exports to Huawei and revoke at least one previously issued license. ” The person, who asked not to be named, said the revocations were more than one.
The e-mail said the actions involved “a wide range” of products in the semiconductor industry, and asked whether companies had been notified.
The e-mail noted that companies have been waiting “months” for these licensing decisions, and that it is a challenge to deal with the issue with less than a week left in the government.
A spokesman for the Semiconductor Industry Association did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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