Washington has been pressing allies to ban Huawei, one of the world's largest tech firms, from next-generation 5G mobile data networks, saying it is a security risk.
The
United States' ambassador to Germany said Sunday that President
Donald
Trump had threatened to cut off intelligence-sharing with
countries that dealt with Chinese tech firm Huawei.
Washington
has been pressing allies to ban Huawei, one of the world's largest
tech firms, from next-generation 5G mobile data networks, saying it
is a security risk.
Ambassador
Richard Grenell said Trump "instructed me to make clear that any
nation who chooses to use an untrustworthy 5G vendor will jeopardize
our ability to share intelligence and information at the highest
level."
Grenell
said on Twitter that the president had called him on Sunday from Air
Force One, the presidential plane, to convey the message.
Key
US allies in Europe, notably Britain and France, have said they will
not ban Huawei from building 5G networks but will impose
restrictions.
Publicly,
the US has been restrained in its response, but Trump was reportedly
furious with London.
US
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told the Munich Security Conference on
Saturday that Huawei was a "Trojan horse for Chinese
intelligence."
The
tech company vehemently denies the US allegations, and Beijing has
characterized its treatment as "economic bullying."
A
US indictment on Friday laid more criminal charges against Huawei
related to theft of intellectual property, adding to earlier
allegations that the company stole trade secrets from American
carrier T-Mobile.
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