美國準備解除對中興的部分制裁 US poised to lift some ZTE sanctions

The US department of commerce is preparing to temporarily lift some sanctions on ZTE, the Chinese telecommunications equipment maker accused of illicitly supplying US technology to Iran.

美國商務部準備暫時解除對中國電信設備製造商中興通訊(ZTE)的部分制裁，後者被指控非法向伊朗提供美國的技術。

The sanctions, announced on March 8, in effect ban US companies from supplying one of China’s highest-profile technology companies. After Huawei, ZTE is China’s second-largest global exporter of telecoms infrastructure, and the third-largest seller of Android smartphones in the US.

美國3月8日宣佈的制裁措施，從實質上禁止美國企業向中興供貨。中興是中國知名科技公司之一，是僅次於華爲(Huawei)的中國第二大電信基礎設施全球出口商，也是美國市場上的第三大Android智能手機銷售商。

The ban was imposed after an investigation by the commerce department found earlier this month that ZTE “planned and organised a scheme to establish, control and use a series of ‘detached’ [or shell] companies to illicitly re-export controlled items to Iran in violation of US export control laws” according to a March 8 announcement.

3月8日的公告稱，實施這一禁令是因爲美國商務部展開的一項調查在本月早些時候發現，中興“策劃和組織了一套方案，建立、控制和使用一系列的‘分離’（即空殼）公司非法向伊朗轉口受管制物品，違反美國的出口管制法律”。

But following weeks of discussions, the commerce department appears poised to relax the measures.

但在經歷了爲期數週的磋商後，美國商務部似乎打算放鬆制裁。

According to the text of a document seen by the Financial Times that could be posted to the Federal Register as early as Thursday, the ban could be waived until June 30 as a result of binding commitments made by ZTE.

英國《金融時報》看到的一份文件的文本顯示，由於中興作出了具有約束性的承諾，這項禁令可能直至6月30日都會被免於執行。這份文件可能最早將於本週四發佈在《聯邦公報》(Federal Register)上。

According to the document the US Commerce Department would “restore temporarily the status quo ante licensing policy pertaining to exports, re-exports, and transfers (in-country) to ZTE Corporation and ZTE Kangxun”.

根據這份文件，美國商務部將“暫時恢復原有的與向中興通訊和中興康訊(ZTE Kangxun)出口、轉口和（國內）轉交有關的許可證政策”。

ZTE Kangxun, a subsidiary, according to the department of commerce, facilitated the supply of US technology to Iran by buying US technology and providing them to a Chinese intermediary trading company for re-export.

美國商務部稱，通過買入美國技術並將它們提供給中國的一家中間貿易公司用於轉口，中興子公司中興康訊幫助向伊朗供應了美國的技術。

Beijing 8-Star and ZTE Parsian, two other entities connected to ZTE that according to the department of commerce were implicated in the re-exporting of US technology to Iran, are not to be taken off the sanctions list, the document said.

這份文件顯示，與中興有關的另兩家實體——北京八星(Beijing 8-Star)和中興伊朗(ZTE Parsian)——並未被撤下制裁名單。根據美國商務部的說法，這兩家實體也涉及把美國技術轉口給伊朗。

ZTE’s Hong Kong and Shenzhen shares have been suspended since March 7.

中興在香港和深圳上市的股票自3月7日起都已停牌。