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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday January 17 2018, @11:02PM   Printer-friendly
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Exclusive: U.S. lawmakers urge AT&T to cut commercial ties with Huawei - sources

U.S. lawmakers are urging AT&T Inc, the No. 2 wireless carrier, to cut commercial ties to Chinese phone maker Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and oppose plans by telecom operator China Mobile Ltd to enter the U.S. market because of national security concerns, two congressional aides said.

[...] Earlier this month, AT&T was forced to scrap a plan to offer its customers Huawei handsets after some members of Congress lobbied against the idea with federal regulators, sources told Reuters.

The U.S. government has also blocked a string of Chinese acquisitions over national security concerns, including Ant Financial's proposed purchase of U.S. money transfer company MoneyGram International Inc.

The lawmakers are also advising U.S. firms that if they have ties to Huawei or China Mobile, it could hamper their ability to do business with the U.S. government, one aide said, requesting anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 18 2018, @07:53AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 18 2018, @07:53AM (#624051)

    assume that none will be patriotic to their country of origin

    A trustworthy person trusts people. An untrustworthy person trusts no one. Likewise, people with no loyalty cannot comprehend that other people might be loyal, or value loyalty.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 18 2018, @05:43PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 18 2018, @05:43PM (#624243)

    This is a case where loyalty can be split. Only a fool would make assumptions about the winning loyalty.

    Also, the fact that trusting people tend to be trustworthy does not imply that trustworthy people are trusting. Your assumption is damn broken with lots of people, myself included. The normal behavior of an ordinary (not politician) conservative individual is to be pretty paranoid, yet honor-bound and duty-bound.

    China commonly uses leverage over families. A person working at a US tech company might find that their uncle in China got arrested, or that their mom in China is facing some sort of audit. Word goes out that things could get resolved... but maybe not... and maybe handing over company secrets could help smooth things along. China also isn't above delivering violent beatings, even to family members in the USA. It happens. So, do you really think a person will be more loyal to your company than to their own family?