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Tuesday 20 augusT 2019

U.S. extends limited reprieve on tech sales to China’s Huawei

By FRANK BAJAK market competition.” Half
Associated Press of the newly listed affiliates
The Trump administration are based outside China.
has extended a limited re- Adam Segal, director of
prieve on U.S. technology cyberspace policy at the
sales to Huawei, even as Council on Foreign Rela-
questions remain over how tions, said that probably re-
much of an effect broader flected additional research
sanctions are having on the to identify the full scope of
Chinese technology giant. Huawei purchasing global-
Huawei has become en- ly. Triolo said the sanctions
meshed in the trade war have had only limited ef-
between Washington and fect mostly because there
Beijing, with President Don- is no consensus in the Trump
ald Trump showing a will- administration on Huawei
ingness to use the sanctions policy.
as a bargaining chip. The Its China hawks want Hua-
U.S. government blacklist- wei banned not just from
ed Huawei in May, deem- U.S. government networks
ing it a national security risk, but from all U.S. telecom-
meaning U.S. firms aren’t munications and have
allow to sell the company been trying to persuade
technology without gov- U.S. allies to impose blanket
ernment approval. In this Aug. 1, 2019, file photo U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross attends a meeting of the 17th bans. But others in the ad-
At the time, the U.S. ex- Latin American Infrastructure Leadership Forum, in Brasilia, Brazil. ministration seem inclined
empted a narrow list of Associated Press to use Huawei sanctions
products and services. That much is in practice. Those a replacement, though ex- existing mobile services, as a lever in ongoing trade
exemption would have sanctions, for instance, ecutives say they still hope including cybersecurity re- negotiations.
expired Monday, but the don’t bar U.S. telecom to be able to keep using search,” Commerce said Trump himself has sent
Commerce Department companies from buying Android. in an updated order Mon- mixed signals. The exten-
extended it for another 90 Huawei equipment. And Huawei released a state- day. Shares of U.S. comput- sion was announced a
days, as expected. U.S. semiconductor com- ment saying Monday’s ex- er chipmakers Intel, Qual- day after he told reporters
Commerce Secretary Wil- panies that supply Huawei tension “does not change comm and Micron — all of the U.S. shouldn’t be do-
bur Ross said the main aim have determined that the the fact that Huawei has which sell to Huawei — rose ing business with Huawei.
of Monday’s announce- export sanctions don’t ap- been treated unjustly.” The after Monday’s announce- In May, Trump issued an
ment is to give smaller U.S. ply to a significant portion company said the exten- ment. executive order in May
internet and wireless com- of their sales. sion “won’t have a sub- While U.S. companies are under which the Federal
panies that rely on Hua- “Most of the ongoing ship- stantial impact on Hua- allowed to request approv- Communications Commis-
wei more time to transition ments of U.S. semiconduc- wei’s business either way.” al to sell technology be- sion is studying whether to
away from reliance on its tors to China are not cov- Huawei is China’s biggest yond what’s covered in the institute a ban on Huawei
products. ered,” said Paul Triolo, an phone maker, and sales to limited reprieve, Ross said equipment in U.S. telecom
“Some of the rural com- analyst with the Eurasia the company account for the government has yet to networks.
panies are dependent on Group global risk assess- a significant portion of rev- grant any such licenses. Segal said “mixed mes-
Huawei, so we’re giving ment firm. enues for some U.S. suppli- The Commerce Depart- saging and inconsisten-
them a little more time to The greater effect appears ers. ment is also adding 46 cies” on Huawei by Trump
wean themselves off,” Ross to be on Google’s Android The extended limited re- Huawei affiliates to the list administration officials are
said in an interview with Fox mobile operating system, prieve applies to technol- of 69 already affected by apt to reinforce concerns
Business Network. which Huawei can no lon- ogy sales and transfers sanctions. Huawei called in Beijing about the cred-
Other exports to Huawei ger use in its smartphones. necessary for “the contin- that decision “politically ibility of any trade deal
officially remain restricted, Huawei has developed its ued operations of existing motivated” and in violation that might be reached with
though it’s not clear how own operating system as networks and to support of “basic principles of free Washington.q

19-year-old accused of threatening

abortion clinic on iFunny

By MICHAEL TARM statement on his iFunny allegedly wrote: “May god
AP Legal Affairs Writer page last week that said forgive me for what I am
CHICAGO (AP) — A he intended to go to the going to do soon.”
19-year-old from Chicago clinic this Friday, Aug. 23, The complaint says Sheikh
is charged with making to “slaughter and murder subscribed to the iFunny
a threat after he posted any doctor, patient, or account of “ArmyOf-
messages through a social visitor” he saw there, the Christ,” the purported user
media site typically used complaint says. name of 18-year-old Justin
to produce humorous Addressing the FBI in the Olsen, who was charged
memes, saying he would statement, he added he earlier this month in Ohio
carry out an attack on a wasn’t joking. with threatening an agent.
This undated screen shot provide by the U. S. Attorney’s city abortion clinic, ac- “I am NOT a satirical ac- He allegedly posted sup-
office in the Northern District of Illinois shows one of several
threatening posts that appeared on Farhan Sheikh’s iFunny cording to a federal com- count,” it said. “I post what port for mass shootings
social media account. plaint unsealed Monday. I mean, and I WILL carry and for any attacks on
Associated Press Farhan Sheikh posted a out what I post.” He also Planned Parenthood.q