(Adds Intel, history of US efforts at Huawei)

NEW YORK / WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (Reuters) – The Trump administration has notified several Huawei suppliers, including chip maker Intel, which is revoking certain sales licenses for the Chinese company and plans to reject dozens of other applications to provide the company telecommunications familiar with the matter, he told Reuters.

The lawsuit against Huawei Technologies – probably the latest against the company under the administration of Republican President Donald Trump – is the latest in a long-running effort to weaken the world’s largest telecommunications equipment maker, which it says is a national security threat. and US foreign policy interests.

The warnings came amid a flood of U.S. actions against China in the last days of the Trump administration. Democrat Joe Biden will take the oath of president on Wednesday.

An Intel Corp spokesman did not immediately comment, and a Commerce Department spokesman did not immediately return requests for comment.

In an email seen by Reuters documenting the actions, the Semiconductor Industry Association said on Friday that the Commerce Department had issued “intentions to deny a significant number of export license requests to Huawei and the revocation of at least one previously issued license “. Sources familiar with the situation, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said there was more than one revocation.

The e-mail said the actions covered a “wide range” of products in the semiconductor industry and asked companies if they had received notifications.

The e-mail reported that companies were waiting “many months” for licensing decisions and, with less than a week left in management, dealing with this was a challenge.

A spokesman for the semiconductor group did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The United States placed Huawei on a Commerce Department “entity list” in May 2019, citing national security concerns, restricting suppliers from selling U.S. products and technology to the company.

But some sales were allowed and others were denied, while the United States tightened restrictions against the company, including expanding the US authority to demand licenses for semiconductor sales made abroad with American technology.

Before the last action, some 150 licenses were pending for $ 120 billion in goods and technology, said a person familiar with the matter, who were suspended because several US agencies were unable to agree on whether to grant them.

(Adds Intel, history of U.S. efforts at Huawei)

NEW YORK / WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (Reuters) – The Trump administration has notified several Huawei suppliers, including chip maker Intel, which is revoking certain sales licenses for the Chinese company and plans to reject dozens of other applications to provide the company telecommunications familiar with the matter, he told Reuters.

The lawsuit against Huawei Technologies – probably the latest against the company under the administration of Republican President Donald Trump – is the latest in a long-running effort to weaken the world’s largest telecommunications equipment maker, which it says is a national security threat. and US foreign policy interests.

The warnings came amid a flood of U.S. actions against China in the last days of the Trump administration. Democrat Joe Biden will take the oath of president on Wednesday.

An Intel Corp spokesman did not immediately comment, and a Commerce Department spokesman did not immediately return requests for comment.

In an email seen by Reuters documenting the actions, the Semiconductor Industry Association said on Friday that the Commerce Department had issued “intentions to deny a significant number of export license requests to Huawei and the revocation of at least one previously issued license “. Sources familiar with the situation, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said there was more than one revocation.

The e-mail said the actions covered a “wide range” of products in the semiconductor industry and asked companies if they had received notifications.

The e-mail reported that companies were waiting “many months” for licensing decisions and, with less than a week left in management, dealing with this was a challenge.

A spokesman for the semiconductor group did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The United States placed Huawei on a Commerce Department “entity list” in May 2019, citing national security concerns, restricting suppliers from selling U.S. products and technology to the company.

But some sales were allowed and others were denied, while the United States tightened restrictions against the company, including expanding the US authority to demand licenses for semiconductor sales made abroad with American technology.

Before the last action, some 150 licenses were pending for $ 120 billion in goods and technology, said a person familiar with the matter, who were suspended because several US agencies were unable to agree on whether to grant them.