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against two years ago,” said Abigail Ross
Hopper, SEIA president and CEO.

Solar waiver
Pres. Biden waived these tariffs on four
countries in June. Cambodia, Malaysia,
Thailand and Vietnam will not pay tariffs
for two years. The waiver is to allow U.S.
companies to develop their solar panels.

Huawei banned
Perhaps the most draconian control was
placed against China’s largest telecom
maker Huawei, resulting in substantial lost
revenue after the Trump administration’s
action in May 2019.

The U.S., through its Entity List, banned
products made by Huawei. The company
had predicted that year that it would be-
come the world’s largest seller of smart-
phones by the end of that year — an am-
bition destroyed by the ban.

How big is Huawei? This is the company’s campus at Ox Horn,
China. Architects designed it to resemble a quaint European vil-
lage. (Huawei)

Expansion of U.S. powers
The Guardian reported that the expansion
of U.S. powers to control exports of chips
to China made with U.S. tools is “based on
a broadening of the “foreign direct product
rule.”
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