--- title: White House Official Seeks to Delay Huawei Ban description: A senior White House official is seeking to delay portions of a law that limits the U.S. government’s business with China’s Huawei canonical: https://time.com/5603724/huawei-ban-delay-white-house-budget-chief/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-06-10T03:36:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:52:45.458Z article:section: Politics og:title: White House Official Seeks to Delay Huawei Ban og:description: He says the law will burden U.S. companies that use Huawei technology og:url: https://time.com/5603724/huawei-ban-delay-white-house-budget-chief/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5b40a62be01963b1/69894af34ee262756e3149de/huawei_white_house_ban_delay.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: Huawei_white_house_ban_delay.jpg og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: White House Official Seeks to Delay Huawei Ban twitter:description: He says the law will burden U.S. companies that use Huawei technology twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5b40a62be01963b1/69894af34ee262756e3149de/huawei_white_house_ban_delay.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # White House Acting Budget Chief Seeks to Delay Huawei Ban > Sponsored content. 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Chinese tech giant Huawei filed a motion in U.S. court Wednesday challenging the constitutionality of a law that limits its sales of telecom equipment, the latest action in an ongoing clash with the U.S. government._ by [Shannon Pettypiece / Bloomberg](https://time.com/author/bloomberg/) ## Shannon Pettypiece / Bloomberg Contributor Jun 10, 2019 3:36 AM UTC  A Huawei logo is displayed at a retail store in Beijing, China on May 27, 2019. A Huawei logo is displayed at a retail store in Beijing, China on May 27, 2019. Fred Dufour—AFP/Getty Images by [Shannon Pettypiece / Bloomberg](https://time.com/author/bloomberg/) ## Shannon Pettypiece / Bloomberg Contributor Jun 10, 2019 3:36 AM UTC A senior White House official is seeking to delay putting in place portions of a law that limits the U.S. government’s business with China’s Huawei Technologies Co., according to a person familiar with the matter. In a letter to Vice President Mike Pence, White House acting budget chief Russell Vought asked to delay a provision of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act that bars any executive agency, government contractor or company that receives a government loan or grant from using Huawei equipment. Vought warned that the law will place burdens on U.S. companies that use Huawei technology, according to the person. The Wall Street Journal, which reported Vought’s letter earlier Sunday, said he warned that the law could dramatically reduce the number of companies that would be able to supply the U.S. government. The Trump administration has said Huawei, China’s largest technology company, represents a national security threat and has been pressing allies to exclude the company from 5G networks. 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