ZTE seeks stay of US ban, asks employees to ‘welcome coming of dawn’
ZTE sent an internal memo to its employees after the first round of China-US trade talks concluded, informing them of steps the company has taken to try to resolve a seven-year US export ban that has threatened its survival
The Shenzhen-based telecommunications equipment provider has been “proactively communicating with relevant departments of the US government”, ZTE said in an internal memo to employees on Friday seen by the South China Morning Post. The company is striving to resolve the matter “as soon as possible” and will continue to maintain close communication with relevant parties, the memo said.
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The company has also submitted supplementary documents in according with guidance from the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), according to the memo, which was sent by the Emergency Response Team set up by the company to deal with the fallout from the ban.
ZTE declined to comment on the memo.
US and China still divided as trade talks fail to make breakthrough
The two sides “reached some consensus” and exchanged views on expanding US exports to China, bilateral investment, intellectual property protection and the imposition of tariffs, the statement said, without elaborating. A statement from the White House said the US delegation held “frank discussions” with Chinese officials on rebalancing the bilateral economic relationship.