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Trump Clashes With Congress Over ZTE Rescue Deal

In April, the U.S. Department of Commerce levied a crippling $1.19bn fine and seven-year export ban on Chinese tech giant ZTE for violating Iranian and North Korean trade embargoes, and failing to punish those responsible. President Donald Trump then overruled this, tweeting a personal commitment to help the firm and lift the sanctions ahead of trade talks with China. A day after Trump tweeted his support, ZTE paid $75,000 to hire Trump Campaign manager Bryan Lanza to lobby