Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Friday that a proposal to reinstate penalties against Chinese telecom firm ZTE has been removed from the final version of an annual defense policy bill.

The bipartisan amendment was added to the Senate’s version of the National Defense Authorization Act by a floor vote, but Schumer said it has been removed as the House and Senate finalize the bill in conference.

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