The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security said the 24 companies and individuals added to the Entity List pose a U.S. national security and foreign policy risk.
Trump administration reminds U.S. exporters of semiconductors and other technologies that it views the Chinese telecom equipment manufacturer as a continued security threat.
The Commerce Department wants to tighten the licensable requirement for exports containing U.S. semiconductor components to 10% for the Chinese telecom.
The Justice Department also said Huawei and its subsidiaries violated the RICO Act by stealing trade secrets and copyrighted works from six U.S. companies.
Lawmakers want the Defense Department to explain within 60 days why it rejected a Commerce Department proposal to tighten the U.S. content threshold for exports to the Chinese telecom.
Five Pakistani men are charged with duping 29 U.S. companies into illicitly exporting equipment and components to the blacklisted Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission and Advanced Engineering Research Organization.
A bipartisan group of U.S. House and Senate lawmakers see export controls as a means to punish those Chinese officials and companies involved in human rights abuses in western China and Hong Kong.
While most license applications related to the Chinese telecom are expected to be denied, news reports surface that some U.S. companies have started receiving approvals from the U.S. Department of Commerce.
U.S. export compliance advisers recommend exporters be realistic in their expectations with regard to the department’s license approval process for the blacklisted Chinese telecom.
The Commerce Department said the Chinese government and commercial entities added to the export control list participated in human rights violations against China’s Muslim ethnic minorities.
