Trump Is Still Trying to Pressure Merkel Into Banning Huawei

Bloomberg 09.28.2020 1 min read
Trump Is Still Trying to Pressure Merkel Into Banning Huawei
Trump Is Still Trying to Pressure Merkel Into Banning Huawei
HUAWEI IS STARTING TO SUFFER AS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION STEPS UP EFFORTS TO SLAM THE DOOR ON ACCESS TO WESTERN COMPONENTS AND MARKETS IN A WIDENING FEUD WITH BEIJING OVER TECHNOLOGY AND SECURITY. (MARK SCHIEFELBEIN/AP/CP)

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is maintaining pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel to exclude Huawei Technologies Co. from Germany’s fifth-generation wireless network, though a high-level American official received no guarantees the Chinese supplier would be shut out at meetings in Berlin last week.

A delegation led by U.S. Undersecretary of State Keith Krach held talks with German officials during a two-day visit to the German capital. Krach said he was encouraged by new security measures being discussed by Merkel’s government, but that it remains open whether Huawei will be barred from 5G in Europe’s biggest economy.

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