Eli Lake, Columnist

The U.S.-U.K. Alliance Could Soon Get Much Weaker

The possibility of Huawei equipment in the U.K.’s 5G network has prompted the U.S. to review its assets there.

March 5, 2020 at 4:45 PM UTC

Eli Lake is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering national security and foreign policy. He was the senior national security correspondent for the Daily Beast and covered national security and intelligence for the Washington Times, the New York Sun and UPI.

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When U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced in January that he would allow China’s largest telecom company to have a limited role in erecting a 5G wireless network for his country, the U.S. warned that there would be serious consequences. President Donald Trump has now directed his administration to figure out exactly what they might be.

The National Security Council this week launched an interagency review to determine what military and intelligence assets need to be removed from the U.K. if Huawei participates in building the 5G network, according to U.S. officials.