German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on European countries on Wednesday to agr...
FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures as she speaks at the opening of the 2019 Internet Governance Forum in Berlin, Germany, November 26, 2019. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
Some German lawmakers want to exclude China’s Huawei from 5G contracts, following warnings by the United States that this could lead to spying for Beijing. Huawei denies the allegations made by Washington.“One of the biggest dangers ... is that individual countries in Europe will have their own policies towards China and then mixed signals will be sent out,” she told lawmakers in a budget debate in the Bundestag lower house on Wednesday.
France will not follow the United States and exclude Huawei from its 5G network but will have the power to vet all equipment makers for any potential security threat, a minister said on Monday.
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