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HUAWEI founder says US sanctions won’t affect core business, praises US firms
August 13, 2025
Huaweihas endured a torrid time this past week after the U.S. government ordered atrade banagainst the company. The ban directly affects customers too, asGoogleand other U.S. tech companies were forced to cut all ties with the firm.
The U.S. issued alimited 90-day reprieveyesterday, allowing existing HUAWEI devices to continue to access official updates from Google. Nevertheless, HUAWEI founder Ren Zhengfei told the state-backedGlobal Timesoutlet that sanctions won’t damage its core operations.
“The company is able to continue providing products and services, and the U.S. sanctions will not hurt our core business,” Ren was quoted as saying. The HUAWEI founder also praised U.S. companies in the interview.
“In such a critical moment, I’m grateful to U.S. companies, as they’ve contributed a lot to HUAWEI’s development and showed their conscientiousness on the matter,” Ren reportedly said. “As far as I know, U.S. companies have been making efforts to persuade the U.S. government to let them cooperate with HUAWEI.”
Google isn’t the only major tech company ordered to cut ties with HUAWEI, as the trade ban affects U.S. silicon giants Broadcom,Intel, andQualcommtoo. It’s believed that HUAWEI has a stockpile of components from these affected suppliers. But Ren told the outlet that it would always need U.S. chipsets and that the firm can’t reject them “with a narrow mind.”
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