This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Huawei Technologies in its first official response to the Trump administration’s move to curb its access to global chip supplies called it “arbitrary” and said its business would be impacted.
Guo said Huawei was committed to complying with U.S. rules and it had significantly increased R&D and inventory to meet U.S. pressures.Friday’s move by the U.S. Commerce Department expands U.S. authority to require licenses for sales to Huawei of semiconductors made abroad with U.S. technology, vastly extending its reach to halt sales to the world’s No. 2 smartphone maker.
But China hawks in the Trump administration were frustrated that Huawei’s entity listing was not doing enough to curb its access to supplies. “Huawei categorically opposes the amendments made by the U.S. Department of Commerce to its foreign direct product rule that target Huawei specifically,” it said in a statement, adding that Washington adding it to the entity list a year ago was also without justification.