Security News > 2020 > May > US Seeks to Cut Off China's Huawei From Global Chip Suppliers
US officials moved Friday to cut off Chinese tech giant Huawei from global chipmakers, ramping up sanctions on the company seen by Washington as a national security risk.
Officials said Huawei had been circumventing sanctions by obtaining chips and components that are produced around the world based on US technology.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said in a statement that even as Huawei seeks to develop its own components in response to US sanctions, "That effort is still dependent on US technologies."
Analyst Patrick Moorhead of Moor Insights & Strategy said both were related to efforts to cut off China and Huawei from key US technologies.
Washington last year said it would blacklist Huawei from the US market and from buying crucial American components, though it has extended a series of reprieves to allow US businesses that work with Huawei time to adjust.