On June 7th, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the U.S. government reached an agreement with ZTE Corporation (ZTE) to lift a denial order suspending the export privileges of ZTE for a period of seven years.  Under this new agreement, ZTE must pay $1 billion and place an additional $400 million in escrow in a U.S.-approved bank within 90 days of this superseding order.  The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) will lift the denial order after the payment has been received and notify the public that ZTE has been removed from the Denied Persons List.

In addition to the civil monetary penalty, ZTE must adhere to several other conditions under the new agreement, which collectively are the most severe penalty BIS has ever imposed on a company.  Most notably:…
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