ZTE reaches settlement with U.S. authorities over export violation charges

Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE Corp. said on Tuesday that it has reached settlements with U.S. authorities over U.S. export controls and sanctions charges. The Chinese company has agreed to pay a criminal and civil penalty of about 892 million U.S. dollars and an additional penalty of 300 million dollars which will be suspended during a seven-year probationary period to deter future violations, the ZTE said in a statement posted on its website.

Maria Celis, Partner, Neville Peterson LLP to Speak at The Knowledge…

Maria Celis, Partner, Neville Peterson LLP to Speak at The Knowledge Group’s Trade Policy Under Trump Administration: Is It Time to Revisit NAFTA? Live Webcast. New York, NY, March 04, 2017 — — The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced today that Maria Celis, Partner, Neville Peterson LLP will speak at the Knowledge Group’s webcast entitled: “Trade Policy Under Trump Administration: Is It Time to Revisit NAFTA? Live Webcast.”

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Donald Trump has promised a foreign policy of muscular retrenchment, in which a better-resourced U.S. military intimidates our enemies without serving as a global cop. More than any president since Richard Nixon, our new commander in chief sees virtue in brutal authoritarians, especially if they are fighting radical Islam.

Clip of Trump granddaughter singing spreads on Chinese web

Computer screens display a video clip showing U.S. President Donald Trump’s granddaughter Arabella Kushner singing a Chinese New Year greeting song that garnered almost 20 million views in Beijing, China, Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. The brief video clip of Donald Trump’s granddaughter singing in Chinese is circulating to strong approval on the internet in China, even while some criticized the U.S. president’s failure to send greetings for the Lunar New Year.

Trump’s Withdrawal From Asia Trade Deal Viewed as Boon for China

Shoppers walk past lanterns displayed at an ornament market in the Yuyuan district ahead of the Lunar New Year in Shanghai, China, on Jan. 22, 2017. President Donald Trump’s formal withdrawal from a long-planned trade deal with Pacific Rim nations creates a political and economic vacuum that China is eager to fill, offering a boost for beleaguered U.S. manufacturing regions while damaging American prestige in Asia.

Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea

In this undated file photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, China’s aircraft carrier Liaoning berths in a port of China. China says it was routine combat drills, yet the deployment of the aircraft carrier Liaoning’s battle group in the Western Pacific and into the South China Sea has made neighbors jittery about Beijing’s flexing its muscles.

Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea

In this undated file photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, China’s aircraft carrier Liaoning berths in a port of China. China says it was routine combat drills, yet the deployment of the aircraft carrier Liaoning’s battle group in the Western Pacific and into the South China Sea has made neighbors jittery about Beijing’s flexing its muscles.

Ted Cruz, Texas governor meet with Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen in Houston

Washington: US Senator Ted Cruz and Texas Governor Greg Abbott met with the president of Taiwan on Sunday during a stopover in Houston that was sure to pique Chinese leaders already upset by her conversation with President-elect Donald Trump. It is not unusual for US lawmakers to meet with Taiwanese leaders when they pass through the country, but tensions are high this winter after Trump, who like Cruz and Abbott is a Republican, spoke to Tsai Ing-wen last month.

Ted Cruz, Texas governor meet with Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen in Houston

Washington: US Senator Ted Cruz and Texas Governor Greg Abbott met with the president of Taiwan on Sunday during a stopover in Houston that was sure to pique Chinese leaders already upset by her conversation with President-elect Donald Trump. It is not unusual for US lawmakers to meet with Taiwanese leaders when they pass through the country, but tensions are high this winter after Trump, who like Cruz and Abbott is a Republican, spoke to Tsai Ing-wen last month.

Ted Cruz, Texas governor meet with Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen in Houston

Washington: US Senator Ted Cruz and Texas Governor Greg Abbott met with the president of Taiwan on Sunday during a stopover in Houston that was sure to pique Chinese leaders already upset by her conversation with President-elect Donald Trump. It is not unusual for US lawmakers to meet with Taiwanese leaders when they pass through the country, but tensions are high this winter after Trump, who like Cruz and Abbott is a Republican, spoke to Tsai Ing-wen last month.

EXCLUSIVE: Kerry Keeps Shares In Tibetan Firm As Protesting Monk Burns

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry , his wife Teresa Heinz and daughter Alexandra Kerry and guest arrive on the red carpet for the annual White House Correspondents Association Dinner in Washington, U.S., April 30, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Secretary of State John Kerry continues to hold shares in a luxury Chinese bottling company operating in occupied Tibet amid escalating human rights protests, including a gruesome self-immolation by a former Tibetan monk, The Daily Caller News Foundation’s Investigative Group has learned.

The Latest: East Jerusalem housing vote delayed

In this Nov. 24, 2015 file photo, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waves as he boards the plane on departure from Israel after meetings in Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Ramallah. A senior leader of a Jewish settlement council is calling U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry “a stain on American foreign policy” and “ignorant of the issues.”

Trump’s pick for ambassador to Israel has all sides on edge

If President-elect Donald Trump wanted to show he planned to obliterate President Barack Obama’s approach to Israel, he may have found his man to deliver that message in David Friedman, his pick for US ambassador. The bankruptcy lawyer and son of an Orthodox rabbi is everything Obama is not: a fervent supporter of Israeli settlements, opponent of Palestinian statehood and unrelenting defender of Israel’s government.

China says it will give drone back, but Trump says a keep ita

In this undated photo released by the U.S. Navy Visual News Service, the USNS Bowditch, a T-AGS 60 Class Oceanographic Survey Ship, sails in open water. The USNS Bowditch, a civilian U.S. Navy oceanographic survey ship, was recovering two drones on Thursday when a Chinese navy ship approached and sent out a small boat that took one of the drones, said Navy Capt.