The US reportedly contacted multiple countries to talk them into banning Huawei from supplying hardware for their 5G networks. Germany may be the first not to agree – Chancellor Angela Merkel has laid out the rules for the company to work in Germany.
Nothing complicated, Merkel simply wants guarantees that Huawei will not be handing over data to the Chinese government. For what it’s worth, the company has denied the allegations by the US and no proof of spying has been officially revealed (but allegations of trade secret theft have been filed).
Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the…
