CMEC

"The proposal was prepared by China's CMEC International Trading Co which states in the document that it had selected Huawei as its bid partner... CMEC is a part of an engineering conglomerate that includes a unit that for years has been under U.S. sanctions for allegedly helping Iran and Iraq obtain weapons of mass destruction. CMEC didn't respond to a request for comment. Huawei says it no longer partners with CMEC." (Reuters, "Special Report: How foreign firms tried to sell spy gear to Iran," 12/4/2012)