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Headline Roundup May 14th, 2018

President Trump Moves to Lift Sanctions on Chinese Telecom Company

Summary from the AllSides News Team

President Trump announced he would lift sanctions on ZTE Corp., a Chinese telecom company, after he previously banned American businesses from selling parts to the firm for illegally shipping goods to Iran and North Korea. The move drew widespread criticism from both sides of the aisle, and it is likely an effort to avoid a potential trade war with China.

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President Trump fended off criticism Monday that he is going soft on China’s unfair trade practice after he moved to cancel sanctions against a cheating Chinese company out of concern for its workers, action that prompted Democrats to mock the president for trying to “make China great again.”

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