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General Category => Trump Legal Investigations => Topic started by: Suppressed on June 30, 2018, 10:19:08 pm

Title: IVANKA TRUMP HAD MORE CHINA TRADEMARKS APPROVED ON SAME DAY PRESIDENT LIFTED SANCTIONS ON CHINESE CO
Post by: Suppressed on June 30, 2018, 10:19:08 pm
IVANKA TRUMP HAD MORE CHINA TRADEMARKS APPROVED ON SAME DAY PRESIDENT LIFTED SANCTIONS ON CHINESE COMPANY
BY JESSICA KWONG ON 6/27/18 AT 2:28 PM
http://www.newsweek.com/ivanka-trumps-china-trademarks-approved-same-day-president-lifted-sanctions-998287 (http://www.newsweek.com/ivanka-trumps-china-trademarks-approved-same-day-president-lifted-sanctions-998287)

First daughter Ivanka Trump’s company received approval from China to register three trademarks on the same day her father, President Donald Trump, agreed to lift sanctions against a Chinese telecommunications company, according to a government watchdog group.

China granted registration approval for the three Ivanka Trump Marks LLC trademarks on June 7, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) found in a review of trademark database records on Wednesday. President Trump saved the Chinese telecommunications company ZTE from financial collapse the same day by lifting tough American sanctions, despite opposition from some of his advisers and Republicans.

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Title: Re: IVANKA TRUMP HAD MORE CHINA TRADEMARKS APPROVED ON SAME DAY PRESIDENT LIFTED SANCTIONS ON CHINES
Post by: skeeter on June 30, 2018, 10:29:39 pm
So whats the implication here - ZTE is going to begin manufacturing stylish woman's fashions?
Title: Re: IVANKA TRUMP HAD MORE CHINA TRADEMARKS APPROVED ON SAME DAY PRESIDENT LIFTED SANCTIONS ON CHINES
Post by: Oceander on June 30, 2018, 10:32:19 pm
Smells like quid pro quo.
Title: Re: IVANKA TRUMP HAD MORE CHINA TRADEMARKS APPROVED ON SAME DAY PRESIDENT LIFTED SANCTIONS ON CHINES
Post by: edpc on July 01, 2018, 04:20:36 am
Well, if it was a deal, China won't be getting what they want.


Leigh Ann Caldwell / Jun.11.2018 / 7:59 PM ET

WASHINGTON — In a major rebuke to President Donald Trump, the Senate has adopted a measure that would block the administration's deal with Chinese telecom giant ZTE, pitting the president against Congress on what many senators say is an issue of national security.

The Senate's move comes less than a week after the administration struck an agreement with ZTE that would have kept the telecom company engaged in the U.S. market.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-blocks-zte-deal-rebuke-trump-deal-n882196 (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-blocks-zte-deal-rebuke-trump-deal-n882196)