Huawei plans major layoffs in its US operations: WSJ



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Huawei Technologies Co Ltd plans to proceed with numerous layoffs in the United States while China's telecom equipment company is fighting with its US blacklist, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people close to the case.

PHOTO FILE: A Huawei Corporate Logo at Shenzhen International Airport

A Huawei company logo at Shenzhen International Airport in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, June 17, 2019. REUTERS / Aly Song / Files



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REUTERS: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd is considering numerous layoffs in the US as China's telecom equipment company wrestles with its US blacklist, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people close to the case.

The layoffs are expected to affect the jobs of Futurewei Technologies, the US-based Huawei-based research and development subsidiary that employs approximately 850 people in research labs in the United States, the newspaper said.

The layoffs could be hundreds, said a person in the Journal. Another person added that Huawei's Chinese employees in the United States had the opportunity to go home and stay with the company.

Last week, US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross said the US government would issue licenses to companies seeking to sell goods to Huawei, which was blacklisted, without threat to national security.

Huawei did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

(Report of Maria Ponnezhath in Bengaluru, edited by Christian Schmollinger)

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