US Revokes Export Licenses for Qualcomm and Intel to Huawei

On May 8, multiple foreign media outlets, including Bloomberg, the Financial Times, and Reuters, cited sources on May 7 that the Biden administration further tightened export restrictions on Huawei on that day, revoking the licenses for US chip companies Qualcomm and Intel to sell semiconductors to Huawei. The US Department of Commerce confirmed on the same day that it had "revoked some export licenses for Huawei," but did not disclose which US companies were affected. According to anonymous sources, the US government's latest measures against Huawei will affect the supply of chips for Huawei's smartphones and laptops. The source said that the US Department of Commerce has notified the affected companies but did not provide details.