“ZTE’s pattern of using bribes and kickbacks to procure government contracts has directly harmed American interests, damaged the rule of law and democracy in emerging markets, and facilitated the theft (through massively inflated contract pricing) 1/3 washingtontimes.com/news/2020/dec/…
of huge amounts of resources from some of the poorest people on earth. Mr. Bass said President Trump “gave ZTE a pass” by exempting the company from economic sanctions after the admission of equipment sales to Iran.” 2/3
“Trump did this in exchange for his coveted China trade deal, which was a major strategic blunder,” Mr. Bass said. “Now is the time for the U.S. attorney to bring an easy case against ZTE and, as a result, to throw them out of the United States once and for all.” @BillGertz
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