After the US Commerce Department banned American companies from trading with ZTE, the problems the company has affected not only the supply of components. The office staff is ZTE in Shenzhen anonymously upload images to social network Weibo broken equipment in the bathroom and a note explaining that the company is unable to repair the toilet equipment by American Standard because of the ban on the export of goods from the United States, according to Southern China Morning Post. The company asks employees to understand the problem, because on the renewal of contracts for the supply and maintenance of the offices will take time.
Broken urinal in the office of the ZTE and the note of apology to the company for approval
We will remind, in April the US authorities banned the Chinese ZTE to buy the products of American technology companies for seven years, and has also restricted sales of smartphones and network equipment of ZTE in the country. The US has accused ZTE in the supply of products with American components to Iran and North Korea. This decision of the Ministry of Commerce resulted in the most unpleasant consequences for ZTE. In early may, the ZTE has officially announced to stop basic operations because of U.S. sanctions.
Currently, ZTE plans to place $400 million in a Deposit account controlled by the United States Bank, to fulfill the last conditions for the lifting of us sanctions Earlier ZTE has agreed to pay $1 billion fine to change the heads and to perform certain other terms of the American regulator. Under existing agreements, the US government will have access to $400 million, if ZTE does not change the entire management team of the company.