https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/12/trump_kept_zte_alive_as_personal_favour_to_chinese_president_xi/

US president Donald Trump did the deal to keep telco kit provider ZTE in business as a favour to Chinese president Xi Jinping.

So said Peter Navarro, who’s in a position to know: he serves as assistant to the president, director of trade and industrial policy, and director of the White House National Trade Council.