After sanctions, Huawei turning to businesses less reliant on high-end U.S. tech


FILE PHOTO A view shows a Huawei logo at Huawei Technologies France headquarters in Boulogne-Billancourt near Paris France February 17 2021. REUTERSGonzalo Fuentes

FILE PHOTO: A view shows a Huawei logo at Huawei Technologies France headquarters in Boulogne-Billancourt near Paris, France, February 17, 2021. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) -Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies is making business resilience its top priority with a push to develop its software capabilities as it seeks to overcome U.S. restrictions that have devastated its smartphone business.

Huawei was put on an export blacklist by former U.S. President Donald Trump in 2019 and barred from accessing critical technology of U.S. origin, affecting its ability to design its own chips and source components from outside vendors.

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