WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of nine Republican senators on Tuesday urged the Biden administration to impose sanctions on Huawei Cloud and other Chinese cloud service providers citing national security concerns, according to a letter seen by Reuters.
The letter led by Republican Senator Bill Hagerty to the Commerce, State and Treasury departments said Chinese cloud computing companies “are increasingly engaging with foreign entities — in some cases sanctioned foreign entities — that are directly challenging the national security and economic security interests of the United States and our allies and partners.” Huawei did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The letter also asked the Biden administration officials to add Alibaba Cloud to the Commerce Department’s export control list.
(Reporting by David Shepardson)
