The US government intends to ease prohibitions on exchanging technology with "blacklisted" companies like Huawei in order to make it simpler for American businesses to take part in international standards efforts.
On the basis of national security, Washington blacklisted Huawei in 2019, barring any US company from doing business with it unless they could secure a license.
However, uncertainty over the actions that were allowed in accordance with the limitations raised worries that the US would have less sway at conferences that set international technology and telecommunications standards like 5G.
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The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the US Department of Commerce has now worked to clear up any misunderstandings and lessen the danger of China becoming more involved in these activities.
It has granted approval for a new rule that permits the publication of some "low level" technology and software in the framework of creating and developing standards.
According to Alan Estevez, under secretary of commerce for industry and security, "US stakeholders need to be fully engaged in international standards organizations, particularly where the critical but occasionally invisible standards that they set have important national security as well as commercial implications."
"Today's decision provides US industry and other organisations with much-needed clarification, enabling US leadership in these important entities to continue."
The blacklisting of Huawei was a component of a larger campaign against the business in the years before. Despite being essentially shut out of the US market up until now, Huawei has supplied a handful of smaller, rural operators who rely on the company's reasonably priced equipment. The removal of this equipment and its replacement with substitutes has been authorised by Washington as part of a financial package for these carriers.
Any accusations of impropriety have been consistently refuted by Huawei.
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