US Push to Ban Huawei in UK a Hint for What Canada Can Expect

US Push to Ban Huawei in UK a Hint for What Canada Can Expect
Huawei and 5G signs on display during the 10th Global Mobile Broadband Forum hosted by Chinese tech giant Huawei in Zurich, Switzerland, on Oct. 15, 2019. Stefan Wermuth/AFP via Getty Images
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As the extradition hearing for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou continues in Vancouver, 11th-hour efforts by U.S. officials to urge the U.K. not to include Huawei in the country’s 5G network offers a glimpse of what Canada can expect from Washington when Ottawa makes its decision on the issue.

British media reported this week that U.S. Ambassador to the U.K. Woody Johnson got in a row with British officials, with a heated exchange on the issue extending to the lobby of 10 Downing Street.

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