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In an unprecedented move last week, the US Commerce Department announced that ZTE -- one of the largest manufacturers of smartphones and telecommunications devices in China and a primary supplier of mobile devices to US wireless carriers such as AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile -- is banned for seven years from purchasing components from US manufacturers.

Specifically, the order lists "Commodity, Software or Technology" that is now prohibited from sale and export out of the United States to the Chinese company.

That's a very broad category of items which not only includes semiconductors (such as the Qualcomm SoCs used in the phones) but also the licensed components of the Android OS from Google, among other things which make up the common software and hardware stack used in their products.

Wonder if this has something to do with Qualcomm and Google. Bbbbut, wan't he going to drain the swamp?

First ZTE, now Huawei: In the age of Trump paranoia, no Chinese smartphone is safe

https://www.zdnet.com/article/bannin...can-consumers/