In short, the U.S. government cannot trust ZTE or Huawei. The companies pose a national national security threat.
In another tweet, Sen. Rubio said he hopes Pres. Trump is not backing down to China.
I hope this isn’t the beginning of backing down to China. While Chinese companies have unrestricted access to U.S. market & protection of our laws many U.S. companies have been ruined after #China blocked market access or stole their intellectual property https://t.co/zUFmiul786
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) May 14, 2018
China vowed to fight back U.S. tariffs
In April, the Commerce Department prohibited U.S. companies from selling products or services to ZTE over the next seven years. The ban comes after the Chinese telecom company violated the U.S. trade embargo against Iran and North Korea. Technology experts considered the ban a “death sentence” since ZTE will not have access to U.S. technology and hardware critical to its business.
Take note that the Pres. Trump repeatedly accused China of trade abuses and stealing intellectual property of American companies.
