https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/13/white-house-wants-to-stop-senate-effort-to-block-trumps-zte-deal.html > The White House opposes a Senate proposal to block President Donald Trump's deal to revive Chinese telecommunications company ZTE. > The Trump administration is working with Senate leaders to change language included in a defense authorization bill the Senate is set to pass this week, White House legislative affairs director Marc Short said Wednesday. The House has already passed a separate defense bill without the ZTE language. The administration prefers that legislation, according to Short.