BIS Further Restricts Huawei, Adding 38 Affiliates to Entity List
The Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security added 38 Huawei affiliates to the entity list and refined a May amendment to its foreign direct product rule, further restricting the Chinese company's access to U.S. technology. BIS said the direct…
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product rule also applies to transactions where U.S. software or technology is “the basis” for a foreign-made item produced or purchased by Huawei, or when such an entity is “a party to such a transaction.” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Huawei "has continuously tried to evade" the previous changes to the foreign direct product rule. The telecom gearmaker didn't comment.