The US Congress has decided to engage on the sanctions against ZTE. The President sent to it an ill-advised Tweet on the subject indicating ZTE would be back in business soon. Sanctions were levied on ZTE for good reason. That was a national security reason, not some trade issue over sale or marketing for its products. Congress now wants to consider limiting the ability to reverse those sanctions. Yes, the sanctions were severe and may have had some unintended consequences, but what ZTE did was to bypass sanctions on Iran, probably at the behest of the Chinese government. They were not the only company that did.
Whether the Congress can do what they are attempting to do is speculation. This is within the President’s authority. All Congress can do is say “please don’t “ which is not going to go far.
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