EU Spares Huawei From Blanket 5G Ban, Defying Trump

EU releases toolbox of measures to mitigate 5G security risks
Guidelines stop short of an outright ban of Chinese suppliers

Huawei Technologies Co. dodges an outright ban from lucrative 5G contracts in the European Union.Source: Bloomberg)

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By Nikos Chrysoloras and Natalia Drozdiak

January 29, 2020 at 11:45 AM UTC

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January 29, 2020 at 5:05 PM UTC

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The European Union stopped short of an outright ban on Huawei Technologies Co. and other Chinese 5G suppliers, seeking to navigate a path between warnings from U.S. President Donald Trump and provoking Beijing.