Commerce Secretary Ross selects former federal prosecutor to head ZTE compliance team

As part of the agreement between the U.S. government and ZTE that lifted the export ban on the Chinese smartphone manufacturer, the U.S. was to appoint a team to "monitor" the company's compliance. Today, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said that former federal prosecutor Roscoe Howard will head up the team that will make sure that ZTE doesn't sell goods and services to countries under U.S. sanctions.

ZTE did business with Iran and North Korea, which led the U.S. Commerce Department to fine the company $1.9 billion in 2017, and restrict the dissemination of ...