{"id":1978692,"date":"2023-07-20T16:05:07","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T20:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-major-shift-biden-officials-pledge-to-ban-huawei-from-access-to-american-tech\/"},"modified":"2023-07-20T16:06:12","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T20:06:12","slug":"in-major-shift-biden-officials-pledge-to-ban-huawei-from-access-to-american-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-major-shift-biden-officials-pledge-to-ban-huawei-from-access-to-american-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden officials vow to block Huawei from US tech access in significant move."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fin-major-shift-biden-officials-pledge-to-ban-huawei-from-access-to-american-tech%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1978692&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<h2>The Chinese tech giant has become the poster child for Beijing\u2019s spy operations in America<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<figure><figcaption>Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>Top Biden administration officials on Thursday committed to\u200c banning China\u2019s Huawei from accessing all\u200d American technology, a landmark\u2064 policy shift that would deal a significant\u200b blow to Beijing\u2019s spy operations in the United \u200bStates.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stopthebigboxbaitandswitch.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stopthebigboxbaitandswitch.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When pressed during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0FUMOPjI5PM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hearing<\/a> on \u200bthe Biden \u2064administration\u2019s China strategy, officials from the \u200cPentagon and State and Commerce Departments all agreed that Huawei should no longer be able to access American \u2062technology.\u200b That declaration, made \u200cbefore \u200dthe House Select Committee on China, marks a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ed-morrissey-the-rich-just-keep-getting-richer-thanks-to-government-disaster-aid\/\" title=\"Ed Morrissey: It seems that the rich just keep getting wealthier... Government Disaster Aid\">significant policy shift<\/a> for the Biden\u2062 administration, which\u200d has come under intense criticism from Republican China hawks for granting Huawei\u2063 around <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/us-vows-consequences-if-china-gives-russia-military-equipment-for-ukraine-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$60 billion<\/a> in export licenses.<\/p>\n<p>Huawei, one of China\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-major-shift-biden-officials-pledge-to-ban-huawei-from-access-to-american-tech\/\" title=\"Biden officials vow to block Huawei from US tech access in significant move.\">largest state-controlled technology corporations<\/a>, has \u200bbecome the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/07\/23\/politics\/fbi-investigation-huawei-china-defense-department-communications-nuclear\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poster child<\/a> for Beijing\u2019s\u200b spy operations in America and is already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/media-telecom\/us-fcc-bans-equipment-sales-imports-zte-huawei-over-national-security-risk-2022-11-25\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">banned<\/a> from \u2062selling some of its equipment in the United States due \u200dto mounting concerns that it is vulnerable to CCP espionage operations. \u200bBut the Biden \u200dadministration has delayed action on\u200d an outright ban on Huawei\u2019s purchase of U.S. technology, \u200dlikely to avoid upsetting the\u2063 Chinese Communist government at a time when American diplomats are working to \u2062diffuse tensions.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Mike Gallagher (R.,\u2062 Wis.), the House China \u200bCommittee\u2019s chairman, called this delay unacceptable during\u200b the\u2064 Thursday hearing, and pointedly asked each Biden administration official in attendance: &#8220;Do you believe that U.S. \u2062technology should go to a company that spies on the U.S., like Huawei?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No,&#8221; responded Ely \u2063Ratner, the assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific security affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Kritenbrink, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, also said,\u2062 &#8220;No,&#8221; adding that: &#8220;We should take\u2064 steps necessary\u2064 to defend our \u200cnational \u2063security. We will and we have.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thea Kendler, assistant secretary of commerce for export administration, offered a similar response to Gallagher\u2019s question, saying her agency is &#8220;very clear in our national security approach to Huawei. Absolutely no advanced technology is permitted\u2064 under\u2064 our regulations.&#8221; The Commerce Department \u200cis also targeting other technology companies &#8220;across the PRC&#8221; to \u200ccrackdown on espionage.<\/p>\n<p>Gallagher said he was encouraged by these answers, but still questioned why the Biden administration is delaying \u200baction on an outright ban.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The idea \u2064that \u200bwe may be delaying defensive action in order to \u2062pursue economic and diplomatic engagement with the People\u2019s Republic of China&#8221; is particularly\u2062 &#8220;troubling,&#8221; \u200cGallagher said.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration officials also came under fire for not issuing any sanctions on Chinese officials complicit in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/just-like-the-good-old-days-joe-biden-invades-syria-with-convoy-of-us-troops-and-choppers-on-first-full-day-as-president\/\" title=\"Just Like the Good Old Days: Joe Biden Invades Syria with Convoy of US Troops and Choppers on First Full Day as President\">human rights abuses<\/a>, as they are legally required to do.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s been \u2064over two years since a single Hong Kong or \u200bPRC official was sanctioned for the erosion of Hong Kong\u2019s autonomy,&#8221; Gallagher said. &#8220;The administration has refused to implement the sanctions required by the bipartisan Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act, and Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman reportedly lobbied Congress to \u200cwater \u200ddown provisions in the Uyghur Forced \u2063Labor Prevention Act.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stopthebigboxbaitandswitch.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stopthebigboxbaitandswitch.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When pressed on the matter, the State Department\u2019s\u200b Kritenbrink declined to say if he had \u2062ever advised senior diplomats to delay sanctions on \u200bChinese officials.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I won\u2019t comment on any discussion that may or may not have happened,&#8221; \u200bKritenbrink said, adding that the administration is &#8220;committed to enforcing U.S. law.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>press conference, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki stated that the Biden administration is determined to prevent China&#8217;s Huawei from accessing American technology. This decision marks a crucial change in policy and aims to disrupt Beijing&#8217;s espionage activities within the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":117,"featured_media":1978693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1978692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1978692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/117"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1978692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1978692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1978693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1978692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1978692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1978692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}