President Trump Puts 'America First' On Hold To Save Chinese Jobs
Trump says he is working with Chinese President Xi Jinping to get cell phone maker ZTE "back in business" after it was punished for selling U.S. technology to Iran and then violated a settlement.
by Scott Neuman
May 14, 2018
3 minutes
In a surprising departure from his "America First" agenda, President Trump says he will help a China-based cell-phone manufacturer save jobs after the Commerce Department said it sold U.S. technology to Iran and North Korea and then failed to live up to the terms of a settlement.
It would be difficult to find a more quintessential example of the kind of troubling trade practices that the president has long highlighted, which makes his sudden
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