https://www.cnet.com/news/president-trump-just-saved-embattled-chinese-phone-maker-zte/ >Count President Donald Trump as one of Chinese phone maker ZTE's new allies.  >ZTE, the fourth-largest smartphone maker in the US, has been dealing with the US Commerce Department denial order that prevented US businesses from selling hardware or services to the company -- a seven-year ban that forced the company to shut down "the major operating activities of the company."