Make China Great Again?

[Beantighe]

I am very confused by this morning's tweet from the so-called President.

"President Xi of China, and I, are working together to give massive Chinese phone company, ZTE, a way to get back into business, fast. Too many jobs in China lost. Commerce Department has been instructed to get it done!"

What is going on?

[marylandblue]

1. ZTE hired Michael Cohen?

[demmiblue]

2. Kyle Griffin:

Link to tweet

After pleading guilty to charges of violating sanctions and illegally shipping US goods to Iran, ZTE agreed to pay almost $900 million in fines in 2017, with up to $300 million in possible additional damages. However, it seems those penalties weren’t enough for Uncle Sam, because today the US Department of Commerce slapped the Chinese phone maker with a ban preventing American companies from selling components to ZTE for the next seven years.

While the original sanctions case was settled last March, the new ban follows multiple statements by major US Intelligence agencies earlier this year questioning the trustworthiness of Chinese networking giants Huawei and ZTE. Heads of the NSA, FBI, and CIA cited concerns that both companies may be using their technology to spy on US consumers, and then sharing that data with the Chinese government, though none of those agencies has provided evidence of that behavior actually taking place.

https://gizmodo.com/us-bans-zte-from-buying-parts-from-american-companies-f-1825295176

[Docreed2003]

3. Wow

[oberliner]

4. The Chinese technology company earlier this month suspended its main operations

after the U.S. Commerce Department banned American supplies to its business.

The ban is the result of ZTE’s failure to comply with an agreement with the U.S. government after it pleaded guilty last year to conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions by illegally shipping U.S. goods and technology to Iran, the Commerce Department said.

As one of the world’s largest telecom equipment makers, ZTE relied on U.S. companies such as Qualcomm Inc and Intel Corp for components.

American companies are estimated to provide 25 percent to 30 percent of the components used in ZTE’s equipment, which includes smartphones and gear to build telecommunications networks.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-zte/trump-working-with-chinese-president-to-help-chinas-zte-get-back-into-business-idUSKCN1IE0QI

[Gothmog]

5. Trump is an idiot

Link to tweet

[Ferrets are Cool]

6. SO? My tax dollars are being spent to MCGA?? And here I was thinking

that it was just Russia. Fuck, I feel so naive.