RE: China Showdown Huawei vs ZTE

["STARNES, CURTIS via NANOG" <nanog () nanog org>]

-----Original Message-----
> From: NANOG <nanog-bounces () nanog org> On Behalf Of Saku Ytti
> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2018 11:59 AM
> To: Naslund, Steve <SNaslund () medline com>
> Cc: nanog () nanog org
> Subject: Re: China Showdown Huawei vs ZTE

> On 24 April 2018 at 19:50, Naslund, Steve <SNaslund () medline com> wrote:

> > Easy one, what law is the company incorporated under?  Nothing against the Chinese companies (some of their stuff is 
> > really great), but it is admittedly hard to separate China's military industrial complex from their >communications 
> > suppliers.  I can understand other countries not wanting critical infrastructure under their software control given 
> > that the Chinese government has been very active in industrial espionage.  It is not that a US >company cannot be 
> > compromised but I think they might at least be held accountable (by their markets) when they get caught.

> I'm sure all these companies have legal entities in all countries the operate in. So Huawei in US is US company and 
> Huawei products bought in US from US Huawei are good,. but bad when bought from Huawei China?


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> ++ytti

From what I have read, any Huawei product purchases fell under scrutiny but after this came about Huawei announced they 
were going to pull out of U.S. markets. 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeanbaptiste/2018/04/19/analyst-chinas-huawei-to-quit-u-s-market/#2a0839d311cb