"He said he was engaged "in a fact-finding process... about whether leading global suppliers of hard disk drives are complying" with the regulation. Western Digital said in a statement to Reuters it "stopped shipping to Huawei in mid-September 2020 to comply with new rules issued by the Department of Commerce. We requested a license to ship products to Huawei in September 2020. Our application is still pending. Huawei has denied spying for China.

Source: Economic Times May 12, 2021 04:57 UTC