The U.S. government has reportedly stopped issuing licenses to American companies to export technology to Huawei.  Additionally, U.S. officials are considering cutting off the Chinese telecom equipment giant from all U.S. suppliers, though no such decision has been announced yet. The moves come as the Biden administration further tightens rules covering U.S. technology exports to China. In 2019, the Trump administration added Huawei to the entity list, barring U.S. exports to the Chinese firm without a license. The entity list targets companies that could pose a risk to foreign policy interests and national security. In the case of Huawei, the company was suspected of having deep ties to the Chinese government and using 5G equipment for spying. Since then, Qualcomm and other companies have been granted licenses to sell some non-5G-related technologies, such as 4G chips for smartphones. The Biden administration now appears to be expanding the restrictions. The U.S. Department of Commerce has notified some American companies — including Qualcomm and Intel — that it's time to slow down sales to Huawei and it will no longer approve licenses. Some officials are also calling for a total ban on sales to Huawei, citing national security concerns. In response, a spokesperson for China's foreign ministry claimed the moves would “violate international economic and trade rules" and called it "an example of U.S. technological hegemony."