The government did the “right thing” in its decision to ban new Huawei products from the UK’s 5G network infrastructure from December 31 this year, the US secretary of state has said.
Mike Pompeo welcomed the UK’s response over China as he condemned Beijing’s actions on a visit to London as foreign secretary Dominic Raab denied the government had been pushed into a tougher position by the US into its China position.
The secretary of state said the government’s U-turn on allowing the Chinese tech giant to play a role in the UK’s 5G network was a “sovereign decision”, made in the “best interests of people of the United Kingdom” and “not because the United States said it was OK”.
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