
The Commerce Department on Friday said it will restrict telecommunications and consumer electronics company Huawei’s ability to purchase U.S. technology and software that the China-based multinational has been using to design and manufacture semiconductors in violation of U.S. export controls. In 2019, the department’s Bureau of Industry and Security added Huawei and 114 of its overseas-related affiliates to the Entity List, requiring the company to obtain a license to export U.S. items. “Despite the Entity List actions the Department took…