President Trump’s May 15, 2019 executive order entitled
“Securing the Information and Communications Technology and
Services Supply Chain,” bans the acquisition, sale,
importation, or installation of communications technology (or
service) if the communications technology was designed, developed,
manufactured, or supplied by anyone owned, controlled, or under the
jurisdiction of a “foreign adversary.” Commentators
have suggested that this latest executive order is aimed squarely
at Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei. No regulation or order
has been proposed yet with any specific targets named. We should
not expect any new regulations for another 60 days. However, on the
same day the President signed the executive order, the U.S.
Department of Commerce placed Huawei and 70 affiliates on its
Entity List, effectively banning sales by U.S. businesses to Huawei
unless a business can somehow convince the Commerce Department to
issue a license for the sale.
