The US government announced that it would grant another extension of a temporary license that loosens restrictions on United States business deals with Huawei Technologies Co, in this case for 45 days. That's half the length of previous extensions.
The move came as Washington hit Huawei with a string of new accusations including racketeering and conspiracy to steal trade secrets on Thursday.
Experts said the moves indicate that the US government is intensifying its push to contain the rise of Huawei, which will ultimately hurt the interests of US technology companies that supply components to the Chinese company.
The US Department of Commerce announced on its official website that the 45-day extension is "to prevent interruption of existing network communication systems in rural US regions and permit global network security measures".
This is the fourth extension since May, when Washington put Huawei on its Entity List, which bans the company from buying US components without special government approval based on accusations of security risks.
The Commerce Department issued 90-day temporary licenses on May 20, Aug 19 and Nov 18. The existing license was set to expire on Feb 16.
Source: China Daily
