A group of senior Republican officials in the US House of Representatives on Thursday called on the Biden administration to take action against Huawei and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) after reports suggested Huawei has developed an advanced smartphone capable of supporting 5G technology.
Lawmakers – including the chairmen of the House Foreign Affairs, Energy and Commerce, Armed Services and China committees – urged the Commerce Department to stop granting licenses to controlled companies by the Chinese government, such as SMIC, and said this required additional pressure from the United States “and more effective export controls on our adversaries.”
The letter also calls on the administration to “strategically prohibit the importation into the United States of semiconductors produced by SMIC, particularly those that pose national security risks” and to “pursue criminal prosecution of executives of SMIC and Huawei”. (Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Jonathan Oatis)
2023-09-14 19:43:20
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