U.S. Reviews Existing Huawei Export Licenses as Crackdown Deepens

Sales from American firms to Huawei have been limited in the four years since former U.S. President Donald Trump added the company to the so-called “entity list” on national security concerns. Photo: Bloomberg

(Bloomberg) — The U.S. is reviewing existing licenses for exporting items to Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. as Washington intensifies a crackdown on Chinese companies amid growing tensions between the world’s two largest economies.

“The licensing rule from the previous administration, that still stands for Huawei — allows things below 5G, below cloud level, to go — and I will say that all those things are under assessment,” Alan Estevez, the undersecretary of commerce overseeing the Bureau of Industry and Security, said during a House Foreign Affairs committee hearing on Tuesday.