The Trump administration’s ethical conflicts are in the spotlight again following reports of Ivanka Trump’s business receiving approval from China for a slew of trademarks.

The timing of the approvals is especially noteworthy in light of President Donald Trump’s vow this month to save failing Chinese telecom giant ZTE—timing of which itself raised ethical questions.

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The New York Times reports that the first daughter’s business received seven of these trademark apporvals this month. According to one expert the Times spoke with, the turnaround from application to approval was unusually quick, given that six of the trademarks were applied for in March 2017. The Associated Press also reports that the latest approval, received Sunday, marks her 13th trademark in China in the last three months. Ivanka, also a White House adviser, received provisional approval for eight others in the same time frame.

AP adds:

In a tweet, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) notes the suspicious timeline:

“Ivanka Trump’s refusal to divest from her business is especially troubling as the Ivanka brand continues to expand its business in foreign countries,” CREW’s executive director, Noah Bookbinder, said to AP. “It raises significant questions about corruption, as it invites the possibility that she could be benefiting financially from her position and her father’s presidency or that she could be influenced in her policy work by countries’ treatment of her business.”

CREW’s Caroline Zhang also noted:

“Optics and ethics are two words that simply are lacking in the Trump family lexicon,” argues Splinter News‘ David Boddiger, reporting on the trademarks.

Fred Wertheimer, president of Democracy 21, and Norman Eisen, a senior fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution and chair of CREW, addressed how businesses owned by the members of the Trump family are mired in apparent conflicts of interests.

In an op-ed for Yahoo News, they argued Friday:

The scrutiny over the trademarks comes as Ivanka Trump also faces backlash over a photo she posted to social media Sunday showing her cuddling her toddler son. Critics labeled it “tone deaf” given the Trump administration’s new policy to take children away from their parents if they are caught crossing the border without documentation.