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TAIPEI — In less than 24 hours’ time the world for Huawei Technologies will change — and its rise as the world’s biggest smartphone and telecom equipment maker over the past decade risks coming to a juddering halt. After midnight on Sep. 14, all its non-American suppliers across the world will have to stop shipping to Huawei if their products contain U.S. technology. Those suppliers will need a license from the U.S. Commerce Department if they want to maintain business with the Chinese tech champion, according to the department’s export controls imposed on Aug. 17. In danger are components vital to Huawei’s operations: from key semiconductors to displays to camera lenses, and even printed circuit boards. Huawei has been stockpiling all kinds of chip inventories since the end of 2018, but it is unknown whether they are well stocked with electronics components such as advanced displays and camera lenses. “Electronic devices are very complicated,” said Wu Chia-chau, chairman of Nany...

TAIPEI — In less than 24 hours’ time the world for Huawei Technologies will change — and its rise as the world’s biggest smartphone and telecom equipment maker over the past decade risks coming to a juddering halt. After midnight on Sep. 14, all its non-American suppliers across the world will have to stop shipping to Huawei if their products contain U.S. technology. Those suppliers will need a license from the U.S. Commerce Department if they want to maintain business with the Chinese tech champion, according to the department’s export controls imposed on Aug. 17. In danger are components vital to Huawei’s operations: from key semiconductors to displays to camera lenses, and even printed circuit boards. Huawei has been stockpiling all kinds of chip inventories since the end of 2018, but it is unknown whether they are well stocked with electronics components such as advanced displays and camera lenses. “Electronic devices are very complicated,” said Wu Chia-chau, chairman of Nan...