Sunday morning he tweeted that he was looking for "a way to get" China's ZTE "back into business, fast." President Xi of China, and I, are working together to give massive Chinese phone company, ZTE, a way to get back into business, fast. China may be the world's low-cost producer of smartphones, but Chinese companies can't operate without American components, technology and operating systems. The tit-for-tat trade war talk between the U.S. and China has hardly had any impact on U.S. companies, because they can live without China. If he does, it won't be at the cost of a trade war with China.

Source: Forbes May 14, 2018 07:22 UTC