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Huawei Arrests in Poland Show How Trump Vs. China Tests Europe

  • Warsaw is an enthusiastic ally of the U.S. president
  • Other Countries have been more welcoming to Chinese companies
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As Poland added to the global scrutiny of Huawei Technologies Co. on Friday with the arrest of a company employee and a local former security agent, the country’s authorities also exposed the division in Europe over policy toward the Chinese technology giant.

Huawei is facing increasing pressure across the European Union amid growing concerns that Beijing could use the company’s equipment for spying, something executives have denied. U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has been pushing European allies to block Huawei from telecom networks amid a wider dispute over trade with China.