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House, Senate Lawmakers Cut Tougher Penalties Against ZTE From NDAA

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, July 27th, 2018

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House and Senate lawmakers have removed a provision in the final version of the fiscal year 2019 defense policy bill banning and reimposing sanctions against Chinese telecommunications firm ZTE, despite concerns over the company’s alleged ties to intelligence operations.The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) conference report, released July 23, retains a provision prohibiting the federal government from using ZTE products but does not include language from the Senate’s version of the bill reinstating penalties lifted by a White House deal with…

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