U.S. government agencies will be forbidden from using
certain components or services from several Chinese
tech firms, including Huawei and ZTE. The ban was signed
into law today by President Trump as part of the Defense
Authorization Act and will go into effect over the next two
Years.
The bill covers anything that is a “substantial or essential
component of any system,” as well as tech that is used to
route or view user data. So even though it doesn’t mandate
an outright ban on Huawei and ZTE products, it still means
many government workers or contractors, or companies
that want to do business with the government, will have to
jettison much of their current technology. The Defense
Authorization Act also directs U.S. agencies to allocate
funding to companies that need to replace equipment as
a result of the new bill.
Last month, ZTE struck a deal with the Commerce
Department to lift a denial order that was put in place
after it violated sanctions against North Korea and Iran.
The denial order, barring ZTE from working with American
suppliers, would have seriously damaged its business and
was a major point of contention in the U.S.-China trade war.
Lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle opposed the
deal and continue to view ZTE as a security threat, but Senate
on the company last month, which paved the way for the less
severe provision in the Defense Authorization Act.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment