Another blow for Huawei: their mobile phones will not be able to install Facebook applications

Facebook "examines" the official texts of US authorities and "will take steps to comply" with requests, said a spokesman for the company to AFP.

For now, the group suspends the system that allowed to pre-indicate its applications –Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger- in Huawei devices, said Facebook, which has 2,700 million users on its platforms.

Current owners of Huawei smartphones incorporating the company's applications will be able to continue to use and update them, the group told AFP confirming the information published in the press.

Like many of the most popular applications, Facebook is preinstalled on smartphones, which is possible thanks to the technological collaboration of the company in charge of the social network with the Chinese group.

On the other hand, without Facebook pre-installed and without access to Google's digital store, It will be impossible for new Huawei device users to access not only the social network, but also the vast majority of the most popular applications.

Since the beginning of the trade war, The Trump administration has banned the transfer of technology from US companies to Chinese companies, which has provoked a chain reaction in the technology sector.

The measure also had an impact on US companies, because of the interdependence of the industries of both countries and the fact that Huawei – which has become the world's second largest seller of smartphones – is a heavyweight in the industry.

In response, Beijing raised the tone by insinuating that could block their "rare earth" exports, name with which we know the lanthanides, chemical elements that are a fundamental raw material for the technology sector and that the US industry needs in many areas of advanced technology.