China’s Huawei can’t do business with US companies until May 2021 because it’s still a threat to national security

Huawei will continue to remain in the US Government’s “entity list” for another year, at least, since the Trump administration still probably sees the Chinese company as a threat to its national security. Huawei was accused of spying for the Chinese Government and blacklisted by the Trump administration last year, barring it from doing business with US-based companies. Companies in the US were similarly instructed not to buy telecommunications equipment from Huawei.

While the implications of such a “strict” trade ban are far-reaching, two key downsides for Huawei have been the ban on working directly with ARM and Google. Without due authorisation from the US commerce department, Huawei can’t access “all” ARM blueprints to build the silicon powering its smartphones and tablets, and also it can’t use Google’s Android in its “entirety”.