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[Washington 29th Reuters] -The US government may strengthen sales restrictions on Chinese telecommunications equipment, a major Chinese telecommunications device that uses US technology, and Huawei (Huawei).Was revealed.
In May, the U.S. Ministry of Commerce has added a Furfay to the "entity list" that prohibits purchasing parts from US companies without permission from the U.S. government for security reasons.This has become possible to restrict some sales of US products for Huawei and some overseas products that use US technology.
However, according to the stakeholders, the current rules state that the US government has been discussing changes in the rules that will increase overseas product sales restrictions on Huawei because important overseas supply chains are not under the jurisdiction of US authorities.。
If the U.S. Ministry of Commerce has changed the rules, US authorities have used the US native technology, software, and parts that do not affect security, such as standard mobile phone chips manufactured overseas using parts, to Huawei.It is expected to be possible to limit sales.
Huawei and the U.S. Ministry of Commerce are not currently requesting comments.
Doug Jacobson, a Washington, who handles International Trade Legal Affairs, said that the change in the rules is "a significant increase in the scope of US export regulations, and it will be difficult to be accepted by allies and U.S. companies."。
According to the officials, the rules subject to discussions regulate the "Deminimith rules", which stipulates the ratio of US -based products of overseas products, which is the standard for export restrictions, and overseas products that use US technology and software.Two of the target "direct product rules".
It is unknown whether it is the time of the rule change or the step change or the immediate change.Officials have said that changing the rules is likely to affect only Huawei, but it is not clear how the rules change.
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