SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it had been granted a licence from the US government to export software to Huawei Technologies Co Ltd.
The administration of US President Donald Trump on Wednesday gave Huawei its second reprieve this week, allowing some suppliers to restart sales to the Chinese telecoms giant after it was placed on a trade blacklist over national security concerns six months ago. On Wednesday, a US official said it had received roughly 300 licence requests, about half of which had been processed.It was not immediately clear which products had been approved for sale to the world's top telecommunications equipment maker, which is also the world's second-largest smartphone maker. A person familiar with the process said on Wednesday that some licenses for sales of cellphone components and non-electronic components were approved.
The granting of licences comes as the Trump administration is working to sign a phase one trade deal with China to end a tit-for-tat trade war that has roiled markets and hit global growth.
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