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enemy states like Iran and North Korea and being The tower built meaning American companies require a special li-
a Trojan horse for the Chinese Communist Party by Nemont in cense to do business with it. Google began blocking
(CCP). Its place as the world’s No. 2 smartphone Honrud’s yard in Huawei from parts of its Android operating system
maker—behind Samsung and ahead of Apple—was rural Montana. in order to comply. U.S. chipmakers, which together
achieved despite Huawei handsets being shunned The remote property sold some $10 billion worth of components to Hua-
by the big four U.S. carriers out of security concerns. relies on Huawei wei last year alone, were obliged to follow suit.
technology for
FBI Director Christopher Wray has accused Huawei all its cell service The Entity List is not only devastating for Huawei
of “pervasive criminal behavior” designed to “un- but also for any nation that uses its telecom equip-
dermine our country’s place in the world.” ment, given the firm’s reliance on American compo-
On May 15, the Trump Administration placed nents. The move was always considered the “nuclear
Huawei on the Commerce Department’s Entity List, option,” says Samm Sacks, a cybersecurity fellow at
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