Samsung Display wins US license to supply panels to Huawei

Company is first in Asia to receive permit as chip suppliers are left waiting

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Samsung Display is a key provider of OLED screens for Huawei's premium smartphones. (Photo courtesy of Samsung Display)

KIM JAEWON, Nikkei staff writer

SEOUL -- South Korea's Samsung Display has received a license from the U.S. government to supply its panels to Huawei Technologies, making it the first company in Asia known to have been given the greenlight to continue doing business with the Chinese tech giant, an industry source familiar with the matter said Tuesday.

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