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Trump Administration Slaps New Sanctions on Huawei, Potentially Creating Huge Problems For African Telcos

by Eric Claude Olander
DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP

The U.S. government informed a number of key suppliers of Huawei, including chip giant Intel, that it’s revoking certain licenses to sell equipment to the Chinese telecom giant. Neither Huawei nor Intel have commented on the move and the U.S. Commerce Department has not publicly revealed which licenses are at issue.

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