ZTE faces export sanctions from US Department of Commerce
Chinese communications systems vendor ZTE, which was declared a threat to U.S. security by Congress in 2012 (see "U.S. House Intelligence Committee sees Huawei and ZTE as security threats"), is in hot water with the U.S. government again. Multiple press reports suggest that the U.S. Department of Commerce will soon announce export restrictions that will limit if not eliminate access to U.S. technology that ZTE uses in its communications equipment. The restrictions are the result of assertions that ZTE has sold communications equipment to Iran that contain U.S.-sourced technology banned from export to the Middle Eastern country.