Sorry, what? Reasonable people aren't okay with fraud.
If companies in unrelated countries don't want to play by sanctions, all they need to do is not do business in countries that require them to abide by sanctions.
I don't think anyone has an issue with that position.
In this case, if the allegations are accurate, Huawei committed fraud in order to gain access to both the sanctioning and sanctioned markets, and the arrest which put them front and center in the news is directly related to the violation discussed in this thread.
In large international procurement deals, it's often the case that bidding companies provide certificates indicating that they're acting like good corporate citizens. It's common to have a FCPA certificate (or national equivalent), and sometimes there's a seperate sanctions compliance certificate as well.
This isn't something that large corporations dealing with state-level procurement aren't aware of. They knew they were acting in violation of the sanctions and actively took steps to conceal it. This is brazen fraud.
If companies in unrelated countries don't want to play by sanctions, all they need to do is not do business in countries that require them to abide by sanctions.
I don't think anyone has an issue with that position.
In this case, if the allegations are accurate, Huawei committed fraud in order to gain access to both the sanctioning and sanctioned markets, and the arrest which put them front and center in the news is directly related to the violation discussed in this thread.
In large international procurement deals, it's often the case that bidding companies provide certificates indicating that they're acting like good corporate citizens. It's common to have a FCPA certificate (or national equivalent), and sometimes there's a seperate sanctions compliance certificate as well.
This isn't something that large corporations dealing with state-level procurement aren't aware of. They knew they were acting in violation of the sanctions and actively took steps to conceal it. This is brazen fraud.