Across the world, the United States is engaged in a lot of wars. One of
the least discussed of those wars is the war against Chinese
telecommunications firm Huawei, whose CFO the US had captured by Canada.
As the world upgrades cellular networks to 5G, Huawei is a chief
competitor for major US companies. The Trump Administration has been
making the rounds making it clear that countries must avoid using
Huawei, often under the guise of national security.
The European Union is apparently unconvinced, however, and despite all the US lobbying, EU Digital Chief Andrus Ansip will present recommendations
this week that will not in any way ban member nations from using Huawei
for infrastructure projects, nor accept US claims that they are an
“intelligence threat.”
Huawei has denied that they have in any way used their technology to
provide the Chinese government access to communications. Many EU
countries are arguing that without Huawei, the 5G upgrades across Europe
would be greatly behind.
Interestingly, the US 5G infrastructure companies include some that are
known to have been compelled to collude with the NSA in broad
surveillance of the American people, and on telecommunications
worldwide. Far from a unique security threat, Huawei’s danger is simply
based on the Trump Administration’s assumption that China will do to
Huawei what America does to its major telecoms.
EU Digital Chief to Reject US Demand to Ban Huawei
US has warned Chinese telecom is a threat to national security
Jason Ditz is Senior Editor for Antiwar.com. He has 20 years of experience in foreign policy research and his work has appeared in The American Conservative, Responsible Statecraft, Forbes, Toronto Star, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Providence Journal, Washington Times, and the Detroit Free Press.
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