A company that has repeatedly violated sanctions against Iran and North Korea. A company that all of the three letter agencies are sure is using it's phones to perform state sponsored surveillance.

I don't think we should be engaging in a trade war with China, but of all of the companies we should be offering concessions to, ZTE is not anywhere near the top of that list. Call the whole thing off, but don't single out ZTE as someone to alleviate the pains for.

Hostile behavior is hostile behavior, regardless of how many people they employee.