The U.S. Department of Commerce confirmed that it is adding Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies and 70 affiliates to its so-called “Entity List”, a decision that effectively bans the Chinese company from buying parts and components from U.S. companies without U.S. government approval.
The decision was adopted amid a recent escalation in the trade war between the the U.S and China.
Under the order, that is expected to take effect once it is published in the Federal Register, Huawei will need a U.S. government license to buy components from U.S suppliers.
