US to tighten restrictions on Huawei access to technology, chips: Report

The new actions, effective immediately, should prevent Huawei's attempts to circumvent US export controls, the sources said

The Trump administration is set to announce it will further tighten restrictions on Huawei Technologies Co, aimed at cracking down on its access to commercially available chips, officials briefed on the matter said.

The U.S. Commerce Department's actions will expand restrictions announced in May aimed at preventing the Chinese telecommunications giant from obtaining semiconductors without a special license - including chips made by foreign firms that have been developed or produced with U.S. software or technology.

The administration will also add 38 Huawei affiliates in 21 countries to the U.S. government's economic blacklist, the sources said, raising the total to