Intel Survived Bid To Halt Huge Sales To China's Huawei

Intel has survived an effort to halt hundreds of millions of dollars worth of chip sales to Huawei, according to two people familiar with the matter, Alexandra Alper and David Kirton reported to Reuters.

The push came from Intel rival Advanced Micro Devices, which argued it was unfair that it did not receive a license to sell similar chips to Huawei. I Photo: Intel Corporation

This gives one of the world's largest chipmakers more time to sell to the heavily sanctioned Chinese telecoms company.

US President Joe Biden has long faced pressure to revoke a license, issued by the Trump administration, that allows Intel to ship advanced central processors to Huawei for use in laptops.

The push came from Intel rival Advanced Micro Devices, which argued it was unfair that it did not receive a license to sell similar chips to Huawei, and from China hawks, who seek to halt all sales to the Chinese firm.

Intel's ability to retain a license to sell chips while a rival could not obtain similar permission demonstrates the uneven and uncertain terrain companies face as the US seeks to limit Beijing's access to sophisticated American technology, especially to a heavily sanctioned company like Huawei.

It has also allowed Huawei to maintain a small but growing share of the global laptop market, while AMD was deprived of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of sales to the Chinese-sanctioned firm, according to data.

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