Restrictions on Huawei affecting academia

United States government restrictions on Huawei are generating ripple effects that have gone beyond commercial circles and are now entering academia.

On Wednesday, Qbitai.com reported that the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the world's largest technical professional organization, has banned Huawei employees from peer-reviewing its research papers. The move follows the US restrictions on Huawei that forbid the Chinese firm from accessing US technology without special government approval.

Qbitai published screenshots of emails that the IEEE sent to its members, detailing that Huawei colleagues can't peer-review any papers until restrictions on the company are removed.