BIS Working to 'Consistently' Apply Huawei Restrictions

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security “continues to work with our interagency partners to apply consistently the licensing policies” included in a final rule “to restrict Huawei’s access to technology or software for activities that could harm U.S. national security and foreign policy interests,” a spokesperson emailed Thursday. Senate Commerce Committee ranking member Roger Wicker, R-Miss., pressed BIS Wednesday for details on its implementation of revised restrictions because he said he's aware of evidence of noncompliance (see 2108110066). “In addition to other EAR [Export Administration Regulations] license requirements that may apply to Huawei,” an August final direct product rule bars the company “and its affiliates” from “sourcing certain foreign-produced items from outside” the U.S. “without a license from BIS,” the spokesperson said. The agency “aggressively enforces” its rules “and takes allegations of potential export control violations seriously. All sources of information are leveraged to identify, investigate and, where appropriate, prosecute violations. Huawei reported a revenue decrease of almost 30% for the first half of 2021 compared to the first half of 2020.”