US government starts granting licenses for trade with Huawei

The US Department of Commerce has started licensing Huawei trade. About a quarter of the companies that applied for a license have been granted permission to trade with Huawei.

The first known to be allowed to trade again are makers of chips, the Semiconductor Industry Association confirms. In all cases, these are companies that want to trade with Huawei in areas that, according to the US government, cannot pose a threat to the internal security of the United States or to espionage in the US. Some companies are not licensed, writes The Washington Post.

The most important US partner for Huawei in the consumer market is Google. Due to the lack of a license, Huawei can no longer have its phones approved for the use of Google services in Android. That’s why Huawei only released models in Europe this fall that were approved before the trade ban came into effect in May. Through a trick that seems like new phones. Phones like the Mate 30 Pro have not yet been released in Europe, but a version without Google apps will be released in Spain. It is unknown if Google will get a license soon. The US government previously suspended the trade ban for another 90 days, until February. As a result, Huawei can support existing phones for the time being with updates and upgrades.