US parts suppliers put pressure on it! Huawei temporary license may be postponed

The US Department of Commerce’s temporary trade license issued to US companies will expire on Monday, US time. Reuters and The Wall Street Journal quoted people familiar with the matter, pointing out that the Ministry of Commerce is likely to extend the license period by 90 days, but President Trump once again publicly stated that Huawei is a national security threat and does not want to do business with the company, making the issue of license extension once again in a mystery.

Huawei was blacklisted by the US Department of Commerce in May. At that time, several US technology companies said that if they could not do business with Huawei, they would cause harm to their business.

At the end of July, Trump met with CEOs of Micron, Witten Electronics, Qualcomm, Google, Cisco, Intel and Broadcom, and promised to let the Ministry of Commerce accelerate the approval of trade with Huawei. Trump’s attitude toward Huawei is more positive.

Huawei is seen as one of the elements of a trade agreement with China. The Financial Times pointed out that as long as the United States makes any decision to extend the trading hours between Huawei and US companies, it will be interpreted as a step in the United States to release goodwill to China. If the temporary approval is really postponed, it will be a victory for the industry that hopes to have more trade space with Huawei.

IDC President Crawford Del Prete said in an interview with CNBC that he believes that the US government's choice to do so is related to the pressure exerted by the US parts suppliers on the government.

However, Samm Sacks, a network security expert at the New America Foundation and a digital economics researcher in China, said that extension licenses cannot be a solution. Some people in the US government want Huawei to disappear, and some hope to benefit from Huawei. Not with the bear's paw.

According to the "Financial Times" report, in early September, China and the United States will send representatives to conduct trade negotiations again, hoping to reach a further agreement. The specific itinerary has not yet been announced.