U.S. Tries to Freeze Huawei Out of Europe With Court Argument
- State’s top cyber official cites progress in global campaign
- Germany, France consider rules that could bar China 5G product
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The U.S. is urging allies to ban networking products from countries without independent court systems, an approach intended to block China’s Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp. from competing for new 5G telecommunications networks in Europe and Asia.
Rob Strayer, the State Department’s deputy assistant for cyber policy, said in an interview that some European countries are signaling support for broader rules that would effectively freeze Chinese 5G products out of their markets.