On Mon, 27 May 2019 at 20:21, S.M. Muraya via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
competitors, chiefly Sweden’s Ericsson or Finland’s Nokia, if the ban persists.

...The question now is whether the Trump Administration will find a compromise. Chinese firm ZTE almost collapsed last year after similar action to that taken against Huawei. Eventually, President Trump negotiated a $1 billion fine in lieu that allowed ZTE to keep trading.

US can extort bribes to any entity regardless of where it is domicile. "If you go ahead of us, you pay rent". This is not any different from how Mungiki and other vigilante groups operate