back to article Chinese giant ZTE slips off US export sh*tlist – and it only cost $900m

The US Department of Commerce has scrapped trade restrictions that left Chinese tech monster ZTE unable to import components from America. The DoC said in a Wednesday entry to its Federal Register that it would be taking the network hardware vendor off its Entity List and would end the export controls that have been in place …

  1. CrazyOldCatMan Silver badge

    "paying a fine of $892m"

    s/fee/bribe/g *

  2. kevin king

    AT&T

    I find this "import" ban comical given the At&T GO Phone was a ZTE Maven Z812 https://www.att.com/devicehowto/index.html#!/?make=ZTE&model=ZTEZ812

    so no you can import our components but we'll take your finished products

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: AT&T

      so no you can import our components but we'll take your finished products

      the sanctions prohibited US companies from both buying or selling to ZTE, but the US commerce dept granted ZTE a series of temporary reprieves with the last one expiring at the end of feb 2017.

      https://www.mobileworldlive.com/featured-content/home-banner/us-extends-zte-sanctions-reprieve-to-february-2017/

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