Huawei ban: Trump extends executive order against China tech firms

The Trump administration has extended the executive order banning American businesses from working with companies that pose a national security risk, extending the muddled relationship between US enterprise and Chinese conglomerates such as smartphone maker Huawei and telecom equipment manufacturer ZTE. The order, called the International Emergency Economic Powers Act which gives the president the authority to regulate commerce during a national emergency, was implemented in May 2019. The result of the ban, which has now been extended until May 2021, means that Google cannot provide Huawei with access to Google Mobile Services and therefore popular apps such as Maps and YouTube are not available on Huawei phones. Google Mobile Services are the commercial aspects to the Android platform that all major smartphones - apart from Apple's iPhones - use. It includes Google's apps and back-end services which powers other apps including Netflix and Citymapper.