Senators Want To Punish Nokia, Siemens Over Iran

fast66 writes "After hearing about Nokia-Siemens sale of Internet-monitoring software to Iran, US Senators Schumer and Graham want to bar them from receiving federal contracts. They planned the action after hearing about a joint venture of Nokia Corp. of Finland and Siemens AG of Germany that sold a sophisticated Internet-monitoring system to Iran in 2008. According to Nextgov.com, Schumer and Graham's bill would require the Obama administration to identify foreign companies that export sensitive technology to Iran and ban them from bidding on federal contracts, or renew expiring ones, unless they first stop exports to Iran."

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Turnabout is fair play.

[tjstork]

This is just more bullshit for the U.S. government to work around trade agreements they've signed in the past.

I warned Europeans on this board that protectionism was coming with a Northern Democrat sweep... but oh no, Obama was the man. Bet you'll miss Bush when you can't sell a bucket of screws to the USA. I'm really crying for you...

I'm by no means an Obama fan, but it's about time we had an administration that did something about it. Have you looked at the US trade deficit lately? The whole world is screwing the USA and has been for decades.

Free trade is just like socialism.. one of those ideas that seems good on paper but screws up in practice. Adam Smith, Karl Marx, you are both as wrong as you are dead!

Re:Because Cisco would never do such a thing

[sumdumass]

FYI, the Ottoman empire had been selling land and promoting the "holly land" ordeal to the European jews since the 1300's.

Also, the Jewish religion is not something anyone can just join like Christianity. There is a complicated process and for the most part, most jews don't convert out. I even know atheist jews. What this boils back down to is that there is only a very small percent of people that call themselves Jewish who do no have any middle east heritage.

Re:Because Cisco would never do such a thing

[TheP4st]

Somalia is paradise.

Aye matey, in Somalia there be Pirates. Aaarrr...