she reached out to the president pleading on behalf of the chinese company. zte is penalized by the us commerce department for doing business with both iran and north korea. a major violation in international sanctions for the present indicating he believes china s bad behavior is the united states false. we had massive intellectual property. i do not blame china. i blame the united states for allowing this to happen. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are slamming the move. a letter signed by 14 gop senators called zte quote - serial and premeditated violation of us law and crosses the president that fidelity to the rule of law is a key part of what distinguishes the us from a country like china with that type of dictatorship are innately close he says is zte deal is a staggering betrayal