Does Huawei Belong on the U.S. Entity List?

Experts say Huawei is a threat to national security. Will the Biden Administration leave trade restrictions in place?

Photo: Huawei IFA Berlin, 2018. Credit: Matti Blume is licensed under CC BY SA 4.0.

Rhode Island Governor and Biden Administration candidate for Commerce Secretary, Gina Raimondo, ran into trouble last week during her nomination.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), responding to anxious calls from Republicans in the House of Representatives, moved to delay Raimondo’s nomination- pending clarification of President Biden’s stance on the Chinese telecommunications company Huawei.

“I am pleased Senator Cruz agreed with myself and 20 other House Republicans and has placed a hold on Governor Raimondo’s confirmation until the Biden administration commits to keeping Huawei on the Entity List,” said House Foreign Affairs Committee ranking Republican Michael McCaul in a statement.

“Huawei is not a normal telecommunications company- it is an arm of the CCP’s military that poses a significant threat to U.S. national security,” concluded Rep. McCaul.

As indeed, Huawei has been beset in recent years with serious charges of intellectual property theft, corporate espionage, spying, and racketeering.

Though Huawei has made many efforts to assure U.S. and international authorities that it is a harmless, transparent and independently-owned…