EU Considers Tariffs in Probe of China’s 5G Telecom Gear

The European Union is opening a new front in the fight with China over the supply of next-generation telecommunications equipment for the bloc — moving from the security realm to trade.

To date, the EU has used security grounds to grapple with the question of whether Huawei and other Chinese telecom companies should be restricted from deploying 5G networks across the 27-nation bloc.