China’s ZTE Corp (0763. HK) (000063. SZ) has submitted an application to the U. S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) for the suspension of a business ban, it said in a filing to the Shenzhen stock exchange on Sunday.
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s ZTE Corp ( 0763. HK) ( 000063. SZ) has submitted an application to the U. S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) for the suspension of a business ban, it said in a filing to the Shenzhen stock exchange on Sunday.
Washington imposed a seven-year ban on U. S. companies selling components and software to ZTE last month after finding the Chinese telecoms company breached U. S. sanctions on Iran.
ZTE’s exchange filing on Sunday did not give details of its request or say when it had been made, but it did say that the company had provided additional material at the BIS’s request.
Last week, Chinese negotiators holding trade talks with U.
