La division of Honor from Huawei it will have repercussions (as it is having now) also on the political and not only economic level. Specifically, in recent days, a group of politicians (republicans) is putting forward the hypothesis of impose heavy sanctions on the now independent company. Indeed, even worse: as it happened for Xiaomi, though for very different reasons, Honor may be blacklisted. To reveal this is the South China Morning Post. Let's go and see all the details of the story.
Honor is having a hard time: 14 Republican politicians want to impose sanctions on the independent company after the split from Huawei
It seemed that the separation of Honor from Huawei would completely save the first company from sanctions imposed by the US administration at the second. In fact, after the separation from the parent company, Honor has obtained access to all the necessary hardware components, as well as to the Google services: the company is actively regaining positions in the market of smartphones that he had previously lost.
However, it could very well be that this "opportunity" will close soon: the United States is asking to add the company to be blacklisted. poco independent. With this initiative, as the source writes, they have come forward 14 Republicans. One was presented on Friday petition to the US Department of Commerce to blacklist the former Huawei unit.
Politicians led by the Republican Michael McCaul, a member of the House Foreign Relations Committee, note in their letter that Honor was expelled from Huawei Technologies, which was sanctioned in May 2019. But this was done so that Honor could "circumvent the U.S. export control policy aimed at preventing American technology and software from falling into the hands of the Communist Party of China".
A spokesperson for the US Department of Commerce said the agency appreciates "il point of view of members of Congress". He also noted that the department "constantly reviews the information available for identify potential additions to the list of organizations". As happened for Xiaomi after all.
