Trump Proposed a Deal to Let ZTE Stay in Business. 

Now Congress May Try to Ban Chinese Telecom Firms From the U.S.

特朗普建议让中兴通讯恢复业务 国会可能试图禁止中兴在美营业

                                              By BLOOMBERG May 28, 2018

A potential bill to prohibit ZTE Corp. (ZTCOY, -15.37%) and other Chinese telecommunications companies from operating in the U.S. would garner supermajority support in Congress, Republican Senator Marco Rubio said.

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Rubio was responding to Trump’s proposal to allow the networking gear and smartphone maker to remain in business after paying a $1.3 billion fine, changing its management and board, and providing “high-level security guarantees.” The president has suggested the deal is a favor to Chinese President Xi Jinping as the two nations hold talks to prevent a trade war. But a bill like the one the senator’s proposing threatens to derail any agreement struck with Beijing.

“Most members of Congress have come to understand the threat China poses,” Rubio said on CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday when asked whether President Donald Trump would sign such a measure. “There’s a growing commitment in Congress to do something about what China is trying to do to the United States. And this is a good place to start.”

The Florida senator, who criticized the deal in a May 25 tweet and appeared on two Sunday political shows, said he expects Congress would pursue a measure to block ZTE and companies such as Huawei Technologies Co. from operating in the U.S. He said their equipment could be used to help China spy on the U.S. and steal corporate secrets.

“None of these companies should be operating in this country,” Rubio said. “None of them. They are used for espionage.”

The Trump administration is said to have reached a deal that would allow the Chinese telecom firm ZTE to once again begin doing business with American companies.

Trump Administration Tells Congress It Has a Deal to Revive ZTE

The move would allow stalled trade negotiations with China to move forward, but is also likely to provoke an intense backlash on Capitol Hill.

Shares in ZTE’s suppliers gyrated in Asia on Monday. Hong Kong-listed MOBI Development Co., which gets an estimated 46% of its revenue from the Chinese company, was down as much as 5.3% at one point before bouncing back. In mainland China, Eoptolink Technology Inc. — which gets more than 30% of its sales from ZTE — and Zhong Fu Tong Group Co. were up more than 1%. ZTE’s own stock has been suspended from trade in Shenzhen and Hong Kong since April.

‘Used for Espionage’

Shenzhen, China-based ZTE depends on U.S. components, such as chips from Qualcomm (QCOM, +1.47%), to build its smartphones and networking gear. The ban, for breaching terms of a settlement over sanction-breaking sales to Iran, has all but mothballed China’s second-largest telecoms gear maker and become entangled in a trade dispute between the world’s two largest economies.

Rubio said he spoke with Trump on Friday night, and thinks that while the administration wants to punish ZTE for breaking U.S. sanctions, he sees a broader effort to stop the Chinese from stealing intellectual property and forcing U.S. companies to transfer their technology to do business in China.

“Putting it out of business, a company like ZTE, is the kind of significant consequence that China would respond to, to understand that we’re serious,” Rubio said on ABC’s This Week.

The Senate on May 24 released a defense policy bill containing a provision requiring Trump, before making any ZTE deal, to certify with Congress that the company hasn’t violated U.S. law for the past year and is cooperating with U.S. investigations.

“If President Trump won’t put our security before Chinese jobs, Congress will act on a bipartisan basis to stop him,” said Maryland Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen, author of the Senate provision.

Separately, a measure easily passed the House that would ban government agencies from using technology made by ZTE and prohibit the Defense Department from renewing contracts with vendors that work with the Chinese company.

The measure also would apply to several other Chinese companies, including Hytera Communications Corp., Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co. and Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co.

据《财富》网站报道，美国共和党参议员马尔科·卢比奥(Marco Rubio)表示，一项可能禁止中兴和华为等中国电信企业在美国运营的法案将在美国国会获得压倒性支持。

此前，美国总统特朗普提议在支付13亿美元罚款、改组管理层和董事会以及提供“高水平安全保证”后，允许中兴恢复与美国公司的业务往来，这是卢比奥对特朗普提议做出的回应。美国参议员提出这样一项议案，可能会破坏中美达成的任何协议。

上周日，在哥伦比亚广播公司(CBS)《面对全国》(Face the Nation)节目中，当被问及特朗普是否会签署这样一项协议时，卢比奥表示：“大多数国会议员已经开始了解中国的威胁，国会正越来越多地承诺要针对中国对美国采取的行动采取一些举措。这（提出这样一项议案）是一个很好的开端。”

卢比奥是来自美国佛罗里达州的参议员，他在5月25日发表推文批评了特朗普的协议。周日，他参加了两个政治节目，表示他预计美国国会将采取措施阻止中兴和华为等中国电信企业在美国开展业务。他说，它们的设备可用来帮助中国在美国的间谍活动和窃取美国公司的秘密。

卢比奥称：“这些公司都不应该在这个国家运营。没有一家例外。它们被用来从事间谍活动。”

周一，中兴在亚洲供应商的股价出现上涨。在香港上市的摩比天线技术的股价在反弹之前一度下跌了5.3%，该公司有约46%的收入来自中兴。在中国股市，新易盛和中富通的股价均上涨了1%以上。自今年4月以来，中兴通讯的股票已暂停在深圳和香港的交易。

“用于间谍活动”

卢比奥表示，他在周五晚上与特朗普进行了电话交谈。他认为，尽管美国政府希望对中兴违反美国的制裁给予惩罚.，但他希望有更广泛的举措，以阻止中国窃取知识产权，并迫使美国企业为了在中国做生意而将其技术转让给中国企业。

在美国广播公司(ABC)“本周（This Week）”节目中，卢比奥表示：“让中兴这样的公司破产，是一种足以让中国做出回应的重要后果，并明白我们是认真的。”

美国参议院于5月24日发布了一份国防政策法案，其中包含一项条款，要求特朗普政府在就中兴达成任何协议之前，必须向美国国会证明该公司在过去一年中没有违反美国法律，并正在配合美国的调查。

该条款是美国马里兰州民主党参议员克里斯·范·霍伦（Chris Van Hollen）提出的，他说：“如果特朗普总统不把我们国家的安全放在中国就业机会之前，国会将会采取两党合作的方式来阻止他。”

另外，美国众议院通过了一项法案，禁止美国政府机构使用中兴的技术，并禁止美国国防部与那些与中国企业有合作的供应商续签合同。

这一法案还将适用于其它几家中国公司，包括海能达通信股份有限公司、杭州海康威视数字技术股份有限公司和浙江大华技术股份有限公司。

美国总统

美国总统的主要职能是管理联邦政府，执行美国的法律。他也会向国会提交法案和政府预算，总体负责美国的外交政策。他也是美国武装部队的总司令。

美国总统有权否决国会通过的法案。不过，如果国会以超过三分之二

的多数投票反对的话，也可以推翻总统的否决权。

国会两院

美国国会负责通过法律和政府预算。它分为两个议院，分别是参议院和众议院。

参众两院共同分享对外宣战的权力。而总统签署的对外条约则必须经过参议院的批准方为有效。而且参议院还负责委任法官和许多政府官员。

每个州有两名参议员。不过，众议员的数目则取决于该州的人口。

目前美国共有100名参议员和435名众议员。

     中兴制裁即将取消   这一胜利付出了惨重代价

               2018-05-29 08:00   来源: 搜狐科技 

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　　不可否认，经过中兴的一番努力（ 经过习主席亲自代言老家，越洋上访 ...... ），顽固的特朗普终于被“感化”了，宣布取消对中兴的制裁。殊不知，这一场胜仗背后，中兴付出了多么惨重的代价。而且，取消对中兴制裁的正式文件还未下达，这意味着中兴制裁一事仍有变数。

　　彭博社援引消息人士的话称，由于美国制裁，中兴通讯在过去的一个月里，损失估计至少有200亿元人民币。事实上中兴为了这一胜利，付出的代价不止200亿元。

　　1、13亿美元的巨额罚款：来自外媒的报道称，美国政府撤销对中兴的制裁，第一个条件就是罚款，金额大约是13亿美元。按照最新的汇率，13亿美元折合成人民币大约是83亿元。再加上损失的200亿，中兴一个月就亏了近300亿。

　　2、自主技术研发被废除：特朗普取消对中兴制裁是有条件的，其中一个条件就是必须购买美国零部件。也就是说，中兴基站或者其他通讯设备所需要的零部件，必须购买美国的，这意味着中兴自主技术研发将被废除了。

　　一直以来，美国对中兴和华为都实行技术封锁，技术研发被废掉后，这一招有点狠。

　　3、中兴管理权或丧失：除了巨额罚款，以及必须购买美国零部件的苛刻条款外，美国政府还要求中兴大规模调整管理层和董事会。按照美国商务部的相关协议，中兴必须在公司内部安排美国的合规官员。

　　如果上述条件完全属实，那么美国虽然取消了对中兴的制裁，可中兴付出的代价也是非常大的。最后，中兴是否会接受特朗谱的苛刻条件，一切还要等到谈判过后才知道结果。可以肯定的一点就是，制裁取消后，中兴的日子也不好过。