BIS Issues More Huawei Restrictions

The Bureau of Industry and Security added 38 Huawei affiliates to the Entity List and refined a May amendment to its foreign direct product rule, further restricting Huawei’s access to U.S. technology. BIS said the direct product rule will now also apply to transactions where U.S. software or technology is “the basis” for a foreign-made item produced or purchased by Huawei, or when a Huawei entity is “a party to such a transaction.” Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said Huawei "has continuously tried to evade" the previous changes to the foreign direct product rule.

BIS also modified four existing Huawei entries on the Entity List and confirmed that the temporary general license for Huawei expired Aug. 13. The agency has not yet detailed the changes in a Federal Register notice and did not provide an effective date for the additions.