Biden to tap Huawei prosecutor for key China export post, says source,


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WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - US prosecutor Thea Kendler, an attorney on the criminal case against China's Huawei and its chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou, will be nominated for a Commerce Department post vital to controlling exports to China, according to a person familiar with the matter. Kendler, an attorney in the Justice Department's national security division, will be nominated as assistant secretary for export administration at the Commerce Department, the person said. The nomination is expected later on Wednesday (July 28). Kendler is expected to work under Alan Estevez, a former Pentagon official, who was nominated on July 13 to be...