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The U.S. government is letting American businesses work with Chinese tech giant Huawei for an additional three months, in a third delay to a ban enacted in May for national security reasons.
It is the third time the U.S. has extended a reprieve, which is meant to help ease disruption for Huawei customers. Many Internet and cellphone carriers in rural parts of the U.S. buy networking equipment from Huawei, and the temporary extension means they can keep their networks up to date.
"The Temporary General License extension will allow carriers to continue to service customers in some of the most remote areas of the United States who would otherwise be left in the dark," said Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in a statement.
Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
The TGL order, first posted in May of this year, had already been extended once back in August and, had it not been re-issued, would have expired at the end of the day on Monday.
According to Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, the stay was necessary because a number of small, regional telcos still rely on Huawei kit for their day-to day-operations, making it necessary for some suppliers to continue to work with the Chinese company.
"The Temporary General License extension will allow carriers to continue to service customers in some of the most remote areas of the United States who would otherwise be left in the dark," Ross declared.
"The Department will continue to rigorously monitor sensitive technology exports to ensure that our innovations are not harnessed by those who would threaten our national security."
The new order will allow companies operating under the TGL to keep working with Huawei through February 16, 2020, or until the US and China can strike a trade deal to get the telecoms giant back in Uncle Sam's good graces.
(Score: 2) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Wednesday November 20 2019, @09:00PM
True, tides are turning. As they always have and always will.
What we can do, and are doing, is lying through our teeth about our motivations. Such actions never end well. Well, they never end, and that's the problem. We will reap what is sown. And our standing may also depend upon the support of the rest of the world. That will depend on both our honesty and being wiling to lay out the course that is ahead and requiring our allies to take a stand to stand together. Allies that Trump is remarkably good at pissing off.
I'd also differ that voting for Trump will keep us out of a hot war. Trump has proven to be so manipulable that all it is going to take is a faction that does want war and can manipulate him into delivering it for the Good of the Nation. Someone who will overcome his aversion to body bags, probably by killing Americans abroad and thus require a response in defending them that turns into a hot shooting match. But whatever method is selected it just depends on someone who can flatter Trump believably and play him like a harp as has been demonstrated already.
All of that aside there is no turning back from globalization at this point. The "America First!" mandate destabilizes that, and again there are no happy endings from isolationism. Diplomacy begins with recognizing where mutual benefit will bring about growth and not unilateral declarations of the way things shall be. Witness the trade war for that, which is already a failure no matter what concessions we might manage to get. (Which is still nothing so far [reuters.com] despite his "Phase One" announcement.)
All in all that leads me to hoping that America will wake up and elect a President who actually knows something about foreign policy.
Yes, I would like to be able to retire as well, eventually, though I have no faith or confidence that will occur. And delaying actions are fine - a lot of management is in maintaining things (as opposed to winning things), again a lesson Trump does not understand. But for such actions to be successful the truth is a much more powerful weapon. And we have a President that cannot do that.
Meh, I hope you are right and I am wrong.
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