The US president instructed the Commerce Department to help the Chinese telecom giant ‘get back into business, fast’
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping are working to give Chinese telecoms company ZTE Corp “a way to get back into business, fast.”
“President Xi of China, and I, are working together to give massive Chinese phone company, ZTE, a way to get back into business, fast. Too many jobs in China lost. Commerce Department has been instructed to get it done!” Trump wrote on Twitter.
The ban is the result of ZTE’s failure to comply with an agreement with the US government after it pleaded guilty last year to conspiring to violate US sanctions by illegally shipping US goods and technology to Iran, the Commerce Department said.
