中興賠償美國10億美元！7年禁令終解除

The Trump administration has agreed to relax its punishment of Chinese telecom company ZTE, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Thursday.
美國商務部長威爾伯·羅斯週四宣佈，特朗普政府已經同意放寬對中國電信公司中興通訊的處罰。

The company will pay a $1 billion fine and fund a new in-house compliance team staffed by U.S. experts, Ross told CNBC.
羅斯告訴CNBC（美國全國廣播公司財經頻道），該公司將支付10億美元罰金並投資一個由美國專家組成的新的合規監管團隊。

The move eases a seven-year ban on ZTE buying American parts, which Commerce levied in April.
這一舉措緩和了四月商務部禁止中興向美國購買零部件長達七年的禁令。

At the time, the Chinese government complained that the action could put the company, a major employer and star of the Chinese technology industry, out of business.
當時中國政府控訴道，此舉可能會使這家公司，也就是中國技術產業的主要僱主和知名公司歇業破產。

“We are literally embedding a compliance department of our choosing into the company to monitor it going forward. They will pay for those people, but the people will report to the new chairman,” Ross said. “This is a pretty strict settlement.”
“我們實際上是將我們選擇的監管部門嵌入到公司中來監控它的發展。他們會付錢給那些人，但是那些人會向新主席報告，”羅斯說。“這是一個非常嚴格的解決辦法。”

The Commerce Department action came after President Trump tweeted last month that he planned to help ZTE because “too many jobs in China” would otherwise be lost.
商務部的這項舉措是在特朗普總統上個月發推特之後，他說因爲“在中國有太多的人失去了工作”，所以他打算幫助中興通訊。

Reaction Thursday was no warmer.
週四反應並不熱烈。

“China is eating our lunch, and this president is serving it up to them,” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday.
“中國正在搶我們的飯碗，而且他們的主席也在給予支持，”衆議院少數黨領袖南希·佩洛西（加州民主黨）週四說。

Under the 23-page definitive agreement announced by Ross, ZTE also is required to change its entire board of directors and executive team within 30 days.
根據羅斯公佈的23頁的最終協議，中興通訊需要在30天內更換其董事會和管理層。