BIS designates Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. and certain of its affiliates to the Entity List, restricting their ability to receive US products, software, and technology.

On May 16, 2019, the US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), which administers and enforces the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), added Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei) and 68 of its affiliates to the BIS Entity List. This action, which was published in the Federal Register on May 21, restricts the ability of the designated Huawei parties to receive US-regulated products, software, and technology (collectively, “items”). BIS has issued a temporary general license, published in the Federal Register on May 22, allowing certain limited categories of exports, reexports, and in-country transfers to the designated Huawei parties to continue for a period of 90 days.