The Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
has issued a 90-day temporary general license exempting a set of
transactions from the Entity List designation of Huawei
Technologies Co., Ltd. ("Huawei") and its affiliates
worldwide, which was effective May 16, 2019. The Entity List
designation effectively prohibits the export, reexport, or transfer
of hardware, software, and technology subject to the U.S. Export
Administration Regulations (EAR) to Huawei and its affiliates, as
explained in our earlier
client alert. The temporary general license aims to mitigate
the impact of the Entity List designation on the operations of U.S.
and foreign telecommunications providers with Huawei hardware and
software, but does not provide broad relief from Entity List
prohibitions. The general license is effective from May 20, 2019,
to August 19, 2019.
