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Rubio Applauds MIT Decision to Cut Ties with Chinese State Directed Actors Huawei and ZTE

Statement

Date: April 4, 2019
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: National Security

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) released the following statement regarding reports that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has terminated funding and research links with China's Huawei and ZTE:

"MIT is right to terminate its funding and research links with Chinese state-directed actors Huawei and ZTE," Rubio said. "China, Chinese state-directed telecommunications, and other state-directed enterprises pose a significant, long-term threat to U.S. economic and national security, and American universities would be wise to wake up to that fact."


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