Gina Raimondo is President Biden s nominee for Commerce secretary.
Raimondo has suggested no intention to remove Huawei from the Entity List if she s sworn in.
A spokesperson from the Chinese Foreign Ministry responded to Raimondo s statement, calling out the U.S. government s oppression against Chinese companies.
Joe Biden s presidency is well underway, and he has already taken to his new position by pulling back on many of the policies made during the Trump administration while continuing to appoint new members to his cabinet and other leading positions. One decision he doesn t seem to be budging on is the ban on companies like Huawei that have been placed on the Entity List for allegations of threats to U.S. security. Biden s nominee for Commerce Secretary, Gina Raimondo, has stated (via
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Biden commerce pick sees no reason to pull Huawei from blacklist
US President Joe Biden’s nominee for commerce secretary, Gina Raimondo, said she knows of “no reason” why Huawei Technologies, ZTE and other Chinese companies shouldn’t remain on a restricted trade list.
Raimondo, in written questions from senate Republicans, was asked about the two companies, as well as Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp and Hikvision and others. They are on a list that requires US firms to obtain government licences if they want to sell American technology and intellectual property to the Chinese companies.
“I understand that parties are placed on the Entity List and the Military End User List generally because they pose a risk to US national security or foreign policy interests,” said Raimondo, the governor of Rhode Island. “I currently have no reason to believe that entities on those lists should not be there. If confirmed, I look forward to a briefing on these ent