The Wicker man: US Commerce Committee senator questions Toshiba, Seagate and WD Chris Mellor Wed 12 May 2021 // 16:55 UTC Share Copy US Commerce Committee Senator Roger Wicker is on a mission to find out if HDD makers stateside are shipping drives to Huawei, and has fired off questions to Seagate, Toshiba America Electronic Components (TAEC) and Western Digital. This follows the initiation of a US Department of Commerce (DoC) investigation in March into the possible supply of Seagate HDDs to Huawei. At the time we asked Seagate whether it was shipping disks to the much-maligned Chinese tech biz and it responded by saying it "complies with all applicable laws including export control regulations", and "We do not comment on specific customers."