US official says Chinese cloud companies like Huawei could pose threat

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U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Wednesday that Chinese cloud computing companies like Huawei Cloud and Alibaba Cloud could pose a threat to U.S. security and vowed to review a request to add them to an export control list.

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo speaks during the High-Level Economic Dialogue Second Annual Meeting in Mexico City, Mexico September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha/Pool

could pose a threat to U.S. security and vowed to review a request to add them to an export control list.the Biden administration to impose sanctions on Huawei Technologies Co's cloud unit, Alibaba Cloud and other Chinese cloud service providers. They want Raimondo to add the companies to the Entity List, which imposes U.S. export controls on foreign companies.

Raimondo said about a quarter of the Chinese companies on the export control list were added under her tenure "and we have to continue," she added, saying the department needs additional resources to review export control issues. "The threats are real."

 

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