Congress Hearing Shows Small Businesses in US Are Hurt by Chinese Telecom Companies

George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School Visting Fellow Andy Keiser speaks during a House Small Business Committee hearing on President Donald Trump's ban of Chinese Telecom Maker ZTE on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC., on June 27, 2018. Zach Gibson/Getty Images

While U.S. Congress and President Donald Trump are in a dispute over how to penalize Chinese telecommunications firm ZTE for its shady practices, the company’s impact on U.S. consumers, especially small businesses, has already been under scrutiny at a congressional committee hearing.

On June 27, the House Select Committee on Small Business held a hearing on ZTE’s threat to American small businesses, attended by a panel of national security experts and cybersecurity firms.