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Despite extension, US sanctions politically motivated: Huawei
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IANS | 20 Aug, 2019
Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies on Monday criticized the
sanctions imposed by the Donald Trump administration as being
"politically motivated" and "unjust."
"It's clear that this
decision, made at this particular time, is politically motivated and has
nothing to do with national security. These actions violate the basic
principles of free market competition," the firm said in a statement.
In
May, Trump ordered the Commerce Department to place Huawei on a list -
known as the "Entity List" - of foreign companies whose activities are
restricted in the US, the Efe news reported.
A few days later,
the department said the sanctions on the sanctions on the Chinese
telecom equipment maker would be delayed for 90 days effective May 20,
although on Monday US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said that
Washington would give Huawei another 90-day reprieve on the imposition
of sanctions.
"It is another 90 days for the US telecom
companies," Ross told the Fox Business Network. "Some of the rural
companies are dependent on Huawei. So we're giving them a little more
time to wean themselves off."
The decision was announced a day
after Trump described Huawei as a threat to US national security and in
the past the administration has accused the firm of being able to use
its telecommunications devices on US soil for spying.
But Huawei
said of the sanctions, regardless of the postponement of their
implementation: "They are in no one's interests, including US companies.
Attempts to suppress Huawei's business won't help the US achieve
technological leadership. We call on the US government to put an end to
this unjust treatment and remove Huawei from the Entity List."
The
firm added: "Today's decision won't have a substantial impact on
Huawei's business either way. We will continue to focus on developing
the best possible products and providing the best possible services to
our customers around the world."
The sanctions against Huawei
will now be postponed until November 19, with the move following Trump's
decision to delay imposing new tariffs on billions of dollars' worth of
Chinese imports until December.
For now, Huawei and its
subsidiaries will be able to continue working with US microprocessor
manufacturers and Alphabet, the parent company of Google, whose Google
Play service and a variety of apps are used on the Chinese company's
phones.
Trump said Sunday that his administration "does not want to do business at all" with Huawei for national security reasons.
"At
this moment it looks much more like we're not going to do business,"
Trump said. "I don't want to do business at all because it is a national
security threat and I really believe that the media has covered it a
little bit differently than that."
The sanctions will affect the
launch of the new Huawei Mate 30 cellphone with Google's Android
operating system, and the Chinese company has indicated that it could
still release the product with its own Harmony OS operating system.
The
sanctions would prevent Alphabet from licensing technology to Huawei
and would force US manufacturers of electronic components to cut ties
with the Chinese firm.
On July 22, executives from seven tech
firms - Google, Intel, Cisco, Qualcomm, Micron, Broadcom and Western
Digital - met with Trump and urged him to make a "timely" decision on
Huawei's operations in the US.
Trump met with the executives at the White House, where they discussed issues related to Huawei's ban.
Tech
companies have been pressuring the administration to stick to the
promise made by Trump at the G20 Summit to allow Huawei to sell chips
and other components to American businesses.
The status of
Huawei, the world's largest provider of 5G wireless gear, has become
another sticking point in the ongoing trade war between Washington and
Beijing.
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