Earlier this week, Republican Senators led by Marco Rubia urged the Biden administration to blacklist Honor, which is a former subsidiary of the Chinese tech giant Huawei that had had previously been designated as a national security threat.
According to an SCMP report, the US Senators sent a letter to the Biden administration on 14th October 2021. In this letter, Honor was described as an entity that is an “arm” of the Chinese government. The letter further added that the Chinese smartphone maker also has access to the US technologies that is currently being denied to its former parent brand, Huawei. In other words, the Senators are seeking to blacklist the company in a similar fashion.
Rubio wrote that spinning off Honor has let Beijing “effectively dodged a critical American export control.” For those unaware, Huawei had sold off its budget sub brand back in November 2020 to ensure its survival. The letter also stated that “By failing to act in response, the Department of Commerce risks setting a dangerous precedent and communicating to adversaries that we lack the capacity or willpower to punish blatant financial engineering by an authoritarian regime.”
Unfortunately, Honor as well as the US Commerce Department and the Chinese Embassy in Washington has yet to respond to requests for a comment regarding this matter at the moment. Huawei has also declined to provide any comments, but pointed to a previous statement in which it assured that it would not hold any shares or will be involved in managing Honor in any manner.
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