US cancels export licenses of suppliers to China’s Huawei
Al Jazeera
Move comes after launch of AI-enabled laptop drew fire from Republican lawmakers.
The United States has revoked some licenses that allow companies to ship goods, such as chips, to sanctioned Chinese telecommunications equipment maker Huawei Technologies.
Some companies were notified on Tuesday that their licenses were revoked effective immediately, according to one person familiar with the matter.
The move comes after the release last month of Huawei’s first AI-enabled laptop, the MateBook X Pro powered by Intel’s new Core Ultra 9 processor.
The laptop launch drew fire from Republican lawmakers, who said it suggested that the US Department of Commerce had given the green light to Intel to sell the chip to Huawei.
“We have revoked certain licenses for exports to Huawei,” the Commerce Department said in a statement, declining to specify which ones it had withdrawn.
