Engineering body reverses Huawei ban after outcry in China

Move comes after IEEE received US 'clarification' on company's participation in scientific journals

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The IEEE, the largest engineering association in the world, said it "engaged" with the U.S. government on the issue of Huawei.

Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the world's largest engineering society, has reversed its decision to bar Huawei Technologies-affiliated scientists from reviewing papers for its roughly 200 journals, a restriction that had sparked outrage in China.

The U.S.-based IEEE said in an email seen by the Nikkei Asian Review that it had "engaged the U.S. government to seek clarification on the extent to which" export controls placed on Huawei applied to IEEE activities.

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