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The company's access to key American tech just got squeezed further, with reports claiming both Intel and Qualcomm's licenses to sell chips to Huawei have been revoked. They accused the US of "overstretching the concept of national security" and "abusing export controls to suppress Chinese companies." Huawei's troubles with the US began back in 2019 when it landed on a trade blacklist over national security concerns, specifically the fear that the company could be spying for the Chinese government. Since then, Huawei's suppliers have needed special licenses — notoriously difficult to obtain — to keep the tech flowing. Now, it seems those licenses for Intel and Qualcomm have dried up completely. Qualcomm and Intel did receive licenses in 2020, but with limitations. Microsoft was recently granted a license by the U.S. government to export software to Huawei. Department of Commerce has granted Microsoft's request for a license to export "mass-market" software to Huawei. Read more in our articles including "US gov’t reportedly revokes Qualcomm, Intel export licenses to sell chips to Huawei" and "Microsoft granted license to export software to Huawei".