CHINA-US: US PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNS LAW BANNING US TELECOM CARRIERS FROM BUYING EQUIPMENT FROM HUAWEI
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On March 13, US President Donald Trump signed legislation barring U.S. telecom carriers
from using government subsidies to buy networking equipment from Huawei, just days after
his administration said it would extend a license allowing Huawei’s U.S. suppliers to continue
doing business with the Chinese tech giant until May 15. The new law, which also targets
several other entities including ZTE, asks the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
to create a $1 billion reimbursement program that small, rural telecom carriers can use when
removing and replacing the newly banned equipment, which the legislation has deemed a
national security threat.
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