Taiwan will investigate four local companies over intelligence that they are helping Huawei Technologies Co. build chip manufacturing infrastructure in China, but Taiwan's economic affairs minister said no violations of U.S. trade sanctions had been confirmed. Economy Minister Ong My Hua launched the investigation after naming four companies for investigation in a recent report published by Bloomberg.
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At the time of the report, it had not been confirmed whether the controversial alliance violated U.S. trade sanctions imposed on Huawei.
"These companies provide services in wastewater treatment and environmental protection and do not involve critical technologies." However, the minister promised to conduct a broad investigation into these companies and violations of US sanctions.
The Bloomberg report accused the four Taiwanese companies of helping Huawei build its own cluster of chip factories in southern China.
In a statement released by Chongyue Technology, the company accused by Bloomberg acknowledged having a partnership with a semiconductor manufacturer that works with Huawei.
However, Chongyue claimed that it only cooperated on environmental protection and had never had any business dealings with semiconductor materials or equipment.
Another company named by Bloomberg, United Integrated Services, revealed to the media that one of its Chinese subsidiaries took over the internal decoration work of a semiconductor manufacturer, which is said to have business dealings with Huawei.
Despite the links between Huawei and United Integration Services, the Taiwanese company said they did not violate any laws and followed established procedures for such business.
The U.S. government has imposed export restrictions on Huawei, cutting the company off from supplies of chips using U.S. technology or equipment, and Huawei has fought back by strengthening its chip supply chain in China.
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