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Huawei's exclusion from 5G in the UK: What do other countries think?

The "turnaround" of Huawei's exclusion from the 5G network in the UK was announced this Tuesday and reactions from several countries have already been felt. While the United States, unsurprisingly, welcomes the British government's decision, China speaks of a UK conspiracy with Washington. Germany, even before the announcement, was dissatisfied with a possible exclusion from the Chinese company.

Boris Johnson's government made the decision to force British mobile phone operators to remove all Huawei equipment used in the 5G telecommunications infrastructure by the end of 2027, following new Chinese manufacturer restrictions by the United States. As for the purchase of new Huawei equipment for the fifth generation of mobile network, it will be banned from December 31, 2020.

With the United States blacklisting Huawei in May 2019 for suspected country security threats, and putting more pressure on countries to do so since 2018, the US government's satisfaction is no surprise. At a press conference, Donald Trump guarantees that the United States "convinced many countries not to rely on Huawei, because we think it is a security risk. And I did it most of the time, he comments.

In a statement, the Secretary of State states that the United States welcomes the choice of the United Kingdom. "With this decision, the UK joins a growing list of countries around the world that defend their national security by banning the use of unreliable and high-risk suppliers," he says. In addition to those he claims to be "British friends", Michael Pompeo sets an example for other countries that have also done so, such as the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Romania and Sweden.

China accuses the United Kingdom of conspiring with Washington. Germany already considered the decision premature

China on Wednesday accused the United Kingdom of conspiring with Washington to hurt Chinese companies. Cited by the Lusa agency, China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hua Chunying said that "without any concrete evidence, the United Kingdom has pointed out unfounded risks as an excuse and has cooperated with the United States to discriminate, suppress and exclude companies Chinese ".