Stefan Mileschin

Trump ban not as tight as it appears

United States chip makers are still selling millions of dollars of products to Huawei despite a Trump administration ban on the sale of American technology to the Chinese telecommunications giant.

According to Apple's favourite newspaper, the New York Times Intel and Micron have found ways to avoid labelling goods as American-made,because the only way of telling if something made outside the country is "made in America" is if you label it that way.

Components began to flow to Huawei about three weeks ago and will help Huawei continue to sell products such as smartphones and servers.

It means that Trump administration will have a job burning companies he does not like at the stake for being witches clamping down on companies it considers a national security threat without providing any evidence. It could also mean that Trump is finding some unintended consequences from altering the trade relationships that ties together the world’s electronics industry and global commerce.

Decisions about what can and cannot be shipped were run by the Commerce Department. American companies may sell technology supporting current Huawei products until mid-August. But a ban on components for future Huawei products is already in place. It’s not clear what percentage of the current sales were for future products. The sales have most likely already totaled hundreds of millions of dollars,.

While the Trump administration has been aware of the sales, officials don't know how to respond,. Some officials feel that the sales violate the spirit of the law and undermine government efforts to pressure Huawei, while others are more supportive because it lightens the blow of the ban for American corporations. Huawei has said it buys around $11 billion in technology from United States companies each year.

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