Biden Gives Blacklisted Chinese Tech Giant Huawei Entry to U.S. Auto Industry

[mountaineer]

Of course he did.

Biden Gives Blacklisted Chinese Tech Giant Huawei Entry to U.S. Auto Industry
by Luis Miguel August 26, 2021

The federal government under Joe Biden is allowing Huawei, the blacklisted Chinese telecom monolith, to enter the American auto industry by giving the company licenses to buy automotive chips.

Officials at the Department of Commerce gave applications worth hundreds of millions of dollars to Huawei in order to purchase the chips for its auto business, Reuters reported. This is in contrast to the Trump administration, which in August 2020 placed restrictions on Huawei, limiting its ability to purchase chips in the U.S. The Trump administration did so out of national-security concerns.

“We don’t want their equipment in the United States because they spy on us,” President Trump said at the time. “And any country that uses it, we’re not going to do anything in terms of sharing intelligence.” The Trump White House had previously banned vendors worldwide from using U.S. technology to produce components for Huawei.

According to Trump, Huawei provided the communist Chinese with the means with which to spy on America.

A spokesman for Biden’s Department of Commerce would not confirm nor deny a change in licensing restrictions for Huawei. Meanwhile, a spokeswoman for Huawei indicated that the company intends to move into the auto-manufacturing industry, which would potentially allow it to circumvent American sanctions. ...

Full story at The New American

[skeeter]

It just keeps getting better. It sure was a great idea putting this guy in the White House.

[Kamaji]

Geez.

[Smokin Joe]

IIRC, a shortage of chips has led to a backlog in new vehicles (as ordered, not just picking one off the lot).

Adding another 'customer' to the list may exacerbate any shortage that exists, and China is the main source of the rare earth minerals used to dope the silica in the chips when they are manufactured...

I smell a Rat, of course.

[cato potatoe]

We spent 4 years talking about Russia, while China (a country with 10 times the population and 4 times the military budget) was robbing us blind.  Now we have a president who sells our sovereignty for half million dollar fingerpaintings.

[sneakypete]

That's a DAMN LIE!

He sold it for a large deposit into one of his family off-shore accounts. Or rather Jill did,after wiping the pudding off his chin.

[DefiantMassRINO]

What the HELL?!  US corporations' short-term greed is selling the Chi-coms the rope which they will use to hang the United States.

Huawei gets US approvals to buy chips for its growing auto business: Report
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202108/1232442.shtml