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Wed Nov 28, 2018, 08:45 PM Nov 2018

U.S. senators ask White House to probe ZTE work in Venezuela

Source: Reuters

BUSINESS NEWS NOVEMBER 28, 2018 / 10:09 AM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO

Exclusive: U.S. senators ask White House to probe ZTE work in Venezuela

Angus Berwick
5 MIN READ

CARACAS (Reuters) - Two U.S. senators on Wednesday will ask the Trump administration to investigate whether ZTE Corp, the Chinese telecommunications company, violated U.S. sanctions by helping Venezuela set up a database that monitors the behavior of its citizens.

In a letter, Senators Chris Van Hollen and Marco Rubio will ask the U.S. secretaries of state, treasury and commerce to determine whether ZTE worked with individuals cited by U.S. sanctions, used U.S. components unlawfully or helped Venezuela’s government flout democratic processes or human rights.

The letter, following a Reuters investigation of the database and an associated Venezuelan identity card program published Nov. 14, will go to the cabinet officials on Wednesday, according to aides to the two senators.

ZTE (000063.SZ), which this year paid $1 billion to the U.S. government in relation to sanctioned business in Iran and North Korea, didn’t respond to a request for comment for this story.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-zte-exclusive/u-s-senators-ask-white-house-to-probe-zte-work-in-venezuela-idUSKCN1NX1WK

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Related: How ZTE helps Venezuela create China-style social control (Reuters)
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