Huawei executives insist they weren't trying to hide anything from the government and note that they filed with the Commerce Department seeking to classify the technology under exportcontrol requirements before the company completed the acquisition.
Will he, as Deputy Secretary of State, recuse himself from future decision-making on this and similar East-West technology transfer cases as well as exportcontrol policy issues?
Under no circumstances should the United States assent to German demands for further liberalization of the multilateral exportcontrol regime unless and until Bonn can demonstrate the adoption of a far more conscientious technology security policy and effective enforcement of existing arrangements.