US Says Chinese Firm Broke Export Rules in ZTE, Iran Contracts

165214622 story US Says Chinese Firm Broke Export Rules in ZTE, Iran Contracts (bloomberg.com) Posted by msmash on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @03:21PM from the tussle-continues dept. A US agency dealing with national security said Far East Cable violated American export-control rules by signing contracts with Chinese networking giant ZTE and Iranian businesses to sell US-origin equipment to Iran. From a report: From September 2014 to January 2016, Far East Cable “served as a cutout” between ZTE — which was under investigation by the US for export-rule violations at the time — and Iranian telecommunications companies, the Department of Commerce’s…