Ich bin ein ZTE - China's Response
Hu Xijin, editor of government-run Global Times, wrote "We are all ZTE tonight," echoing Jack Kennedy to support the 80,000 workers of ZTE. “Two thousand years ago, the proudest boast was ‘Civis Romanus sum.' Today, in the world of freedom, the proudest boast is ‘Ich bin ein Berliner!’ ” Lily Kou of the Guardian reports a strong backlash in China to the U.S. Government total ban on ZTE.
The ZTE ruling portends that the United States government could shut down at will virtually any phone or telecom supplier in the world. I confirmed with Commerce that the decree covers software and technology. Reuters reported that Google may have to cut off Android apps, destroying ZTE's phone business, which ships 40,000,000 units a year. Qualcomm & Broadcom can't sell chips to ZTE, probably a billion dollars a year.
Every manufacturer outside the United States has to fear similar U.S. action, not just the Chinese. For example, Samsung could be affected if the U.S. wanted to punish South Korea for making a separate peace with the North.
Any sensible company will immediately start researching how to design products without any U.S. content. The Chinese are already spending $100B to build memory chips. They've just promised to up the government spending on 5G.
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About 65% of 1.5B Internet "connections" are in the Global South, led by the BRICS. The actual number of users is probably twice that. Three quarters are not native English speakers. China has three times as many as the United States. India has more Facebook users than the United States. Vietnam has the fastest growth. See some figures below for why I'm confident Indonesia has more than 100M wireless only. The worldwide figure is > 1B wireless only data users, or about 500M "connections," a figure I use for comparisons. Across most of Africa, India, and Indonesia, there are remarkably few landlines.
The FCC Broadband Committee recommendations are "Industry priorities without regard for a true public-private partnership. ... 75 percent of members represent large telecommunications and cable companies or interests aligned with those companies, ... These circumstances give me no choice but to step away."
55%-60% of landline broadband users are in the "Global South," about 500M. 
Two of the most powerful men in the world want ICANN to disappear. ICANN and friends are in San Juan partying like it's 1999, thinking Putin is impotent and Trump's NTIA chief, David Redl, should be ignored when he promises to move on retaking control of ICANN.
EU privacy GDPR might restrict WHOIS information but Redl, U.S. lead, says it won't happen.
I like Big Ed, but whoever approved his security clearance needs to find a different job.
Forcing BT to unbundle is good, although the news reports of "halving" are high.