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May 17, 2020 The Chinese Ministry of Commerce "has noted the new export control regulations issued by the United States against Huawei and is strongly opposed". The Chinese government, the statement continues, urges the United States to "immediately stop the wrong practices and create the conditions for Chinese companies to continue conducting normal exchanges and cooperation".

China believes that the new U.S. export restrictions for companies like Huawei Technologies could also threaten the global supply chain. And among the retaliatory countermeasures, he would be thinking about investigating and imposing restrictions on American tech giants and also the suspension of Boeing aircraft purchases made by Chinese groups.

The war of the chips
A new escalation can be seen on the horizon in the trade war with the United States and China promises to take all the "necessary measures to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies", after the latest restrictions to the telecommunications giant Huawei, announced last Friday by the U.S. Department of Commerce, which decided to block the sale of US semi-conductors to the Shenzhen group for a year.

Restrictions Return In the
aftermath of the Trump administration's announcement, Beijing had warned the United States to end Huawei's "unreasonable crackdown." "The Chinese government will firmly support the legitimate and legal rights and interests of Chinese companies," the foreign ministry immediately stressed.

The Commerce Department decided to apply for licenses before allowing the Chinese company or its 114 branches to use US equipment, including its HiSilicon chip design unit.

The accusations in Beijing
The American authorities have long tried to limit the presence of the Asian telecommunications giant in the country, which they accuse of ties with the Chinese government and therefore present a strong risk of espionage. The US also tries to convince allied countries to do the same, in particular to ban Huawei from the 5G infrastructure market, with mixed fortunes.

"We are making it even more difficult for the Chinese Communist Party to use our sensitive technology against us, our allies and our partners," US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned in a tweet.