{"id":136435,"date":"2018-05-14T08:14:54","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T14:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=136435"},"modified":"2018-05-14T17:00:07","modified_gmt":"2018-05-14T23:00:07","slug":"still-not-clear-what-trump-is-on-about-regarding-zte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/05\/14\/still-not-clear-what-trump-is-on-about-regarding-zte.html","title":{"rendered":"Still not clear what Trump is on about regarding ZTE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is it a sop to American high-tech companies that were suppliers to the Chinese telecomm giant?<\/p>\n

Is it negotiating tactics regarding other Chinese trade kerfuffles?<\/p>\n

Is it that the original charges against ZTE were filed during the Obama Administration, so Trump thinks this is more dismantling of the Obama legacy?<\/p>\n

Because, frankly, tweeting “Too many jobs in China lost” seems kind of weird from the America First president, especially since ZTE got slammed in the first place for violating sanctions against Iran and North Korea, tools that Trump has repeatedly relied upon, doubled down on, and generally treated as acts of paramount national interest.<\/p>\n

Now he seems to be saying, “Yeah, we need to impose new sanctions on Iran, and even take action against our allies if we’re not happy with how they follow suit, unless, of course, they’re a giant Chinese company, in which case we’ll roll back any punishment for violating sanctions.”<\/p>\n

It’s still a head-scratcher.<\/p>\n


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Is it a sop to American high-tech companies that were suppliers to the Chinese telecomm giant? Is it negotiating tactics regarding other Chinese trade kerfuffles? Is it that the original charges against ZTE were filed during the Obama Administration, so Trump thinks this is more dismantling of the Obama legacy? 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