The order also affects surveillance technology companies such as Hangzhou Hikvision and Dahua Technology.

Washington had previously banned the use of Huawei products in government agencies and discouraged private use. The US fears Huawei technology could be a gateway for Chinese espionage or sabotage. The group has been on a US blacklist since 2019, which prohibits US companies from doing business with Huawei.

Huawei is the world's largest supplier of telecommunications equipment and entered the mobile phone business in 2003. Before the US sanctions, the group was one of the world's top three mobile phone manufacturers along with Apple and Samsung.