https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/06/senate-rejects-trumps-plan-to-lift-zte-export-ban/ > The US Senate on Monday voted to block implementation of a settlement that would lift a sweeping ban on US technology being exported to ZTE. The export ban, which the Trump administration imposed on ZTE in April, amounts to a de facto death sentence for the Chinese company, which is heavily dependent on American-made chips and software.