Recently, Huawei has been making waves in the smartphone market. After a long wait, the company has won over users with its Mate 60 series. However, Huawei is also at the center of controversies. As you may know, since 2019, Huawei has been under US sanctions, making it difficult for them to access many modern technologies.
Due to this, authorities were surprised by the technologies used in the Mate 60 series and accused Huawei of bypassing the embargo. Moreover, Taiwanese tech firms were blamed for this. Now, Taiwanese firms are denying supplying key technologies to Huawei Here are the details…
Taiwan Stands Firm: No Key Technologies Shared with Huawei, Says Economy Minister
Taiwanese economics minister Wang Mei-hua has denied that four Taiwanese companies are supplying key technologies to Huawei. Wang’s comments came after a Bloomberg report alleged that the four companies, Topco Scientific, L&K Engineering, United Integrated Services, Cica-Huntek Chemical Technology, were helping Huawei build “infrastructure for an under-the-radar network of chip plants.”
She also said that Taiwan’s law bars local companies from providing key technologies to China, while investing in the Chinese market. She said that to her knowledge, the four companies named in the Bloomberg report were not supplying any key technologies or equipment to Huawei.
Topco Scientific, L&K Engineering, and United Integrated Services have also denied the allegations, saying that they were only involved in construction work on a facility in Shenzhen. The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) said that it would investigate whether any rules had been broken in the cooperation between the three companies and Huawei.
It is unclear whether the Taiwanese companies named in the report will face any consequences for their alleged cooperation with Huawei. However, the allegations have highlighted the challenges that Taiwan faces in balancing its economic ties with China with its security concerns.
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