Cool. How enforcable is that contract in China on a non-American citizen operating a company that only exists for a few weeks on paper to facilitate the transaction?

How hard would it be for Iran to open a shell company in third-party country like, say, Iraq to mask the transaction?

Not very. And the second you arrest a Chinese exec involved with that, China will arrest some of your citizens and await your call for the exchange.

Even more fun when the US gets another country to do the arresting dirty work.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/meng-wanzhou-us-court-1.618...

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You're thinking of Huawei. They're doing fine: https://www.reuters.com/technology/chinas-huawei-sees-2022-r...

I was thinking of ZTE. CA 2012.

https://www.networkworld.com/article/2160515/cisco-said-to-c...

I live in europe, and I bought many US chips (eg TI ones)... your regulation means nothing here, and i didn't sign any contract. You can literally go to a physical store and buy them off the shelf.

How much can you buy and ship to NK until it raises a flag somewhere ?

NK is different.. you cannot even travel there normally without going through an agency.

But iran.. I don't know what their customs rules are but if you pay import fees, probably unlimited amounts.

How much you can buy? A lot.. eg. 10k voltage regulators is such a common order size, that they have a predefined lowered price even in online stores (without having to contact sales):

eg: https://si.farnell.com/stmicroelectronics/l78l05acutr/v-reg-...

Sorry, my dumb-ass brain somehow pictured you walking in a supermarket, buying a bunch of TI calculators to rip off the interesting parts and ship them. Totally misread the conversation.

Haha, no no, TI makes components too, and sells them by the thousands+ even to small customers :)

That only affects the first purchaser. Once it's available from a street vendor in Shenzhen, anyone can get it.

> Purchasers and users of US made parts are obligated to sign a contract that prohibits them from trading with North Korea

This is some kind of fantasy? I can go to a million websites or into a store with cash and I can buy microchips for $0.08 without signing any contract. What's next, you are going to keep track of nuts and bolts?

https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/New-Original-In-Stock...

https://eu.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Lumissil/IS31CS8977-QFLS...

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