BIS Further Restricts Huawei, Adding 38 Affiliates to Entity List

The Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security added 38 Huawei affiliates to the entity list and refined a May amendment to its foreign direct product rule, further restricting the Chinese company's access to U.S. technology. BIS said the direct product rule also applies to transactions where U.S. software or technology is “the basis” for a foreign-made item produced or purchased by Huawei, or when such an entity is “a party to such a transaction.” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Huawei "has continuously tried to evade" the previous changes to the foreign direct product rule. The telecom gearmaker didn't comment.