Huawei Technologies Co, the Chinese telecom equipment giant, received a yet another blow, as Google has decided to suspend transactions with Huawei following U.S. President Donald Trump’s blacklist order.
Google has confirmed in a statement said it was “complying with the order and reviewing the implications”. It also confirmed that “Google Play and the security protections from Google Play Protect will continue to function on existing Huawei devices.”
While the order did not specifically identify any country or company, the move was widely seen as blocking Huawei from being used in U.S. networks due to its connections with the Chinese government that could result in spying in places where the company has the hardware.
Huawei has denied its products pose a security threat and say it is independent of the Chinese government. The telecom giant had said restricting Huawei from doing business in the U.S. “will not make the US more secure or stronger; instead, this will only serve to limit the US to inferior yet more expensive alternatives leaving the US lagging behind in 5G deployment, and eventually harming the interests of US companies and consumers.”
Huawei also said it was “ready and willing to engage with the US government and come up with effective measures to ensure product security.”
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