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US Bans American Companies From Selling To Chinese Electronics Maker ZTE (reuters.com)
An anonymous reader shares a report: The U.S. Department of Commerce is banning American companies from selling components to leading Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE Corp for seven years for violating the terms of a sanctions violation case, U.S. officials said on Monday. The Chinese company, which sells smartphones in the United States, pleaded guilty last year in federal court in Texas for conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions by illegally shipping U.S. goods and technology to Iran. It paid $890 million in fines and penalties, with an additional penalty of $300 million that could be imposed. As part of the agreement, Shenzhen-based ZTE Corp promised to dismiss four senior employees and discipline 35 others by either reducing their bonuses or reprimanding them, senior Commerce Department officials told Reuters. Update: The UK's cyber security watchdog has warned the UK telecoms sector not to use network equipment or services from Chinese supplier ZTE as it would have a "long term negative effect on the security of the UK."
The enemy of your enemy is not always your friend.
Begun, the Trade Wars have.
I bought ZTE smartphone for my son, since it is as cheap as Casio calculators in Walmart. :-)
Probably we have to "voluntarily" return them to the store
But it sounds like 3 decade long technological jobs exodus is over.
There are 2 types of engineering jobs:
1. Design
2. Technology of production
Both of them don't exist one without another.
While this is true, and in true Slashdot spirit, I haven't RTFA so take this with a grain of salt, but I suspect that what is happening here is selective enforcement for political reasons.
The UN and most countries removed sanctions for non-military related items on the nation of Iran (individuals and companies within Iran are still on the UN list however) over two years ago. The US sanctions are still in place however, and there is a lot of uncertainty about what exactly that means for overseas branches of US companies, US citizens working overseas for non-US companies and non-US companies making things with components sourced from US companies. Given the pervasiveness of US companies in the tech sector, this last one is especially challenging, and it seems a clear signal is being sent here that non-US companies should steer clear of US components in future.
Unlike China, there are real and freeish elections in Iran. There human rights are not nearly as bad as many of our friends. Sure, they are overseen by a religious right that most Iranians would love to remove. But they are certainly no worse than many of our other friends. (Same goes for Cuba.)
What is worse, picking on Iran just supports their religious right. It is counter productive.
And remember (if you ever knew) that Iran lost some 2 MILLION dead in the not so ancient war with Iraq, during which Hussein used plenty of chemical weapons. And we actively supported Hussein.
It doesn't matter.
The Chinese now have a fledgling petro-Yuan. The USA should be ostensibly "nice" to China for a change. Things like sanctions only make a country as large and resourceful as China stronger in the long run. And with Chinese companies, it requires only the sleight of hand to rename a company and bypass such sanctions. The last thing that they will put up with is losing sales, and the second-to-last is changing their business practices.
What do they have against:
Ztee, the search for a mobile phone
My ZTE phone has given me four years of good service. Three of those in my pocket and the last year as an Android development device.
My current phone? A $500 Xioami that one of my clients bought me as a thankyou (the boss was buying one for himself and he bought one for me, too).
If it wasn't for that I'd probably still be carrying the ZTE around.
No sig today...
Dont forget... they're encrypted by default now on android since marshmallow 6.
This is a charade and send the signal to Chinese companies the U.S. is not a reliable supplier, they will start to look for Europe and others Asian countries for components or develop their own alternatives more faster than before, then the trade gap will become even larger and the morons in Washington will continue to complain about it.
im a green i voted for jill stein and if she runs again ill vote for her or whatever green candidate runs
I assume:
Biden, Cain, Booker, Mccaskell, Harris are likely candidates.
Wow, sent an e-mail as suggested when clicking on "use classic" banner, and got a fast response that addressed my msg
You are wrong.
Yeah, like fucking 2% not...so, really? Lol.
You've missed the point entirely. While not a given, its a pretty true constant, regardless.
A vote for Stein was a vote for Trump.
"The USA should be ostensibly "nice" to China for a change. "
You confuse me. Are you now one of the 2000% increased Russian trolls or are you a lone Chinese one?
"The enemy of your enemy is not always your friend."
That might be but helping an enemy's enemy is always good for you, it doesn't matter if he's a friend.
"While this is true, and in true Slashdot spirit, I haven't RTFA ..."
To top you, I haven't even read TFS. :-)
"so take this with a grain of salt, but I suspect that what is happening here is selective enforcement for political reasons."
Naw, it's just something in his demented mind (or the one with the 'stache) and people just make him happy, fuck the consequences.
If you can't purchase the tech you need, you just steal it for free.
this guy never took logic
The Chinese already likely have copies of the masks of every component used, and could easily just counterfeit the shit, re-brand it, and keep selling.
Still waiting on Serviscope_minor to wake up to fucking reality and realize that Jessica Price isn't going to fuck him.
You make me worried, but until then I continue enjoying my gigabit internet for $20/month.
Disagree.
In the current system the two main parties adopt positions of third parties that siphon off votes and cost them elections. Voting your conscience is potentially more effective in the long run for getting your ideas adopted and can be a much more effective vote than just voting a compromise candidate every election.
--- Mercutio was right.
The enemy of your enemy is your enemies enemy. Nothing more nothing less. You may have to spend just as much resources fighting that new enemy as your original enemy. There are plenty of examples of this in conflicts around the world. Say a country is ruled by a dictator and rebel group A are democratically inclined. Rebel group B are hardcore communists. Both rebel groups will fight each other just as much as the gov troops.It happens a LOT in civil wars and major conflicts that fall along religious lines. Think yuoglsavia in the early 90s with Croats vs Serbs vs Albanians all duking it out with each other. Each hating each other almost equally. Same during WW2 in China. You had commie vs national chinese AND the japanese.
Look up the term 'three way war' for more examples.
My next phone may be ZTE, BECAUSE they support Iran. Iran is probably the most likely country in the Middle East to become a fairly liberal Islamic democracy. They have a long tradition of revolution and a strong, wealthy expat community. If they do, they can be an example to other Middle Eastern countries -- better than having the Saudi and UAE kinglets being examples of how to run a country.
Isreal, is why you have anti iran policies.
Yes, and it can get a lot more complicated than 3 :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
And that's doesn't include government agencies, like the CIA, and private contractors (mercenaries).
I really hope they don't run creepy Joe. I could accept just about anyone before Joe Biden.
I'm a delawarian, and I don't want him either.
He's not where I want the party to go.
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A vote NOT for Stein was a vote for Trump.