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US Says Chinese Firm Broke Export Rules in ZTE, Iran Contracts

Tuesday August 9, 2022. 09:21 PM , from Slashdot
A US agency dealing with national security said Far East Cable violated American export-control rules by signing contracts with Chinese networking giant ZTE and Iranian businesses to sell US-origin equipment to Iran. From a report: From September 2014 to January 2016, Far East Cable 'served as a cutout' between ZTE -- which was under investigation by the US for export-rule violations at the time -- and Iranian telecommunications companies, the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security said in a statement Monday. Far East Cable's actions are 'part of an effort to conceal and obfuscate ZTE's Iranian business from US investigators,' the BIS said in a July 29 letter to the company made available Monday. The agency is charging the cable maker with 18 violations of its export administration regulations.

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