Santa Clara — The US-based research arm of China’s Huawei Technologies, Futurewei Technologies, announced worker layoffs on Monday, according to two Futurewei employees.

The layoffs come about two months after the US government put Huawei on a trade blacklist, making it illegal for its US subsidiary to transfer sensitive technologies to its parent. The blacklist also restricts Huawei from purchasing products from US technology companies...

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