BUCHAREST—Romania’s centrist government on Thursday approved a U.S.-backed bill that effectively bars China and Huawei from taking part in development of its 5G network, a member of the IT&C and National Security Committee told Reuters.
Europe has emerged as a battleground in the technology “Cold War” playing out between the Chinese regime and Washington and Huawei’s European competitors, Ericsson and Nokia, could become a supplier duopoly should the Chinese company be shut out.