ZTE is leaving a broken American Standard urinal unfixed to avoid breaching US export ban

ZTE note says urinal will be restored to operation when export ban is lifted

Li Taoin Shenzhen
ZTE is working to implement the terms of the White House-brokered settlement deal. Photo: Reuters

ZTE Corp is leaving a broken US-made urinal unfixed because it is afraid that repairing it may cause the company to run afoul of a blanket ban on buying American-sourced products.

The offending urinal at one of its offices in Shenzhen, China, is made by American Standard, a New Jersey-based sanitary fittings manufacturer, according to a notice posted by ZTE’s administration department.
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