Chinese telecommunications firm ZTE announced Tuesday that it has agreed to pay a US$1.2 billion fine, after pleading guilty to violations of US sanctions on Iran and North Korea, reported the Financial Times. The Trump administration was quick to put a feather in its cap after the announcement, with Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross saying that “we are putting the world on notice: the games are over.” The investigation began after the Obama administration placed a ban on the company in March 2016. Stocks of ZTE were up 6% in trading in Hong Kong on Wednesday.
ZTE announces US$1.2 billion settlement with US
The Chinese telecom plead guilty to criminal charges related to circumventing sanctions on Iran and North Korea.
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See how easily the US can pull off a $1,200,000,000.00 robbery against China with a few lawyers and judges?
ZTE senior executives who have made such a robbery possible should ask Trump for an "honorary citizen award" plus a US passport.
Inept officials and bank executives in China would have faced the firing squad for causing less than one-thousandth of the economic losses here.