Message :
Required fields
WASHINGTON, July 28 (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutor Thea
Kendler, an attorney on the criminal case against China's Huawei
and its Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou, will be nominated
for a Commerce Department post vital to controlling exports to
China, the White House said on Wednesday.
Kendler, an attorney in the Justice Department's national
security division, will be nominated as assistant secretary for
export administration at the Commerce Department. The nomination
requires confirmation by the Senate.
Kendler is expected to work under Alan Estevez, a former
Pentagon official, who was nominated on July 13 to be the
Commerce Department's undersecretary for industry and security,