Tech Shudders as U.S. Weighs New Limits on Huawei Sales
- Commerce Department eyes loophole U.S. companies have used
- At issue is de minimis rule allowing some shipments to Huawei
The logo of Chinese telecom giant Huawei
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The U.S. government is weighing new limits on sales of chips and other vital components to China’s Huawei Technologies Co., sparking another furious round of lobbying by technology companies.
Industry associations representing U.S. chipmakers, software companies and manufacturers have written to Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross in recent weeks arguing against the changes, according to copies obtained by Bloomberg News. They urge President Donald Trump’s administration to at least hear them out before introducing tougher rules to close what U.S. officials consider loopholes letting American companies keep working with Huawei.