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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsChina Approves 5 New Trademarks For Ivanka Trump Business As President Forges ZTE Deal
The trademark approvals raise new concerns about potential Trump family conflicts of interest.By Mary Papenfuss POLITICS 05/26/2018 11:42 pm ET
Ivanka Trumps business has won approval from the Chinese government for at least five new trademarks. The approval came just days before President Donald Trump announced he was working on a controversial deal to drop U.S. prohibitions against China cellphone manufacturer ZTE.
Another trademark was given trial approval. The trademarks grant Ivanka Trump operations exclusive rights to market a variety of products in China that could potentially amount to millions of dollars in profits. Ivanka Trump Marks LLC received approval last year for several other trademarks after she began working in the White House. Three of them were granted the same day she dined with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago.
The applications for the trademarks were submitted over a year ago, and the trademark registrations were accepted May 7. Just five days later Trump announced he was working on a deal to lift U.S. business barriers against ZTE in order to save Chinese jobs.
Meanwhile, some 72 hours before his tweet about ZTE, China quietly agreed to loan $500 million to an Indonesian theme park project in which the president is a partner. Chinese banks agreed to loan an additional $500 million to the project.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ivanka-gets-5-china-trademarks-as-president-works-zte-deal_us_5b0a07eee4b0568a880c0a0d?ncid=engmodushpmg00000006
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China Approves 5 New Trademarks For Ivanka Trump Business As President Forges ZTE Deal (Original Post)
workinclasszero
May 2018
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Docreed2003
(16,850 posts)1. Business as usual for this corrupt administration
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)2. This bold in your face corruption is sickening
The damn republicans will do nothing to stop Trump and the media will likely ignore it or normalize it.
Docreed2003
(16,850 posts)3. Trump knows that no one within the GOP will stop him
The GOP is so afraid of pissing off the "Trump base" that they have completely surrendered their obligations for checking his unfettered corruption.
spanone
(135,795 posts)4. imagine if President Obama had 'worked' for jobs in China....
the hypocrisy of the right wing is disgusting
jeffreyi
(1,938 posts)5. F*#$ing grifters.
Disgusting.
Aristus
(66,293 posts)6. Man, if Chelsea Clinton had done that, the Trumpanzees would be shooting up the place.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)7. No doubt
Damn republican hypocrites!
Aristus
(66,293 posts)8. Not that they need an excuse to start blasting everything in sight.
But even the brain-dead appreciate the need to rationalize.
Gothmog
(144,928 posts)9. From CREW
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)10. Pay to Play
Corruption right in front of our faces and the MSM is silent!
Imagine if a democratic president did this crime!!!