Trump Extends US Telecom Supply Chain Order Aimed at Huawei, ZTE

Trump Extends US Telecom Supply Chain Order Aimed at Huawei, ZTE
President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing about coronavirus testing in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, on May 11, 2020. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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WASHINGTON/NEW YORK—President Donald Trump on May 14 extended for another year an executive order signed in May 2019 declaring a national emergency and barring U.S. companies from using telecommunications equipment made by firms posing a national security risk.

The order invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which gives the president the authority to regulate commerce in response to a national emergency that threatens the United States. U.S. lawmakers said Trump’s 2019 order was aimed squarely at Chinese companies like Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corp.