Uncle Sam using manual processes to oversee restrictions on Huawei, other Chinese tech companies

Outdated tech at Bureau of Industry and Security leaves licensing open to human error

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) – the agency Washington relies on to implement export licensing controls to ensure sanctioned technology doesn't reach certain nations – revealed on Tuesday it's struggling to handle a massively increased workload caused by the ever-growing number of Chinese companies added to the US Entity List, thanks to geriatric technology and systems.…