Berlin ¨C U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo¡¯s claim that ¡°the tide is turning against Huawei¡± seems to have been vindicated by several in regarding Huawei¡¯s involvement in their next-generation telecom networks. Most notably, the United Kingdom changed allowing Huawei¡¯s participation as a ¡°high-risk vendor¡± after a . U.K. telecom operators are now required to by the end of 2020 and to remove such equipment from their networks . Similarly, the on implementation of the European Union¡¯s ¡°5G Toolbox¡± risk mitigation framework recommends that member-states establish plans to phase-out ¡°high-risk suppliers.¡±
These developments reflect aggravated by Chinese economic practices, the COVID-19 pandemic, and events concerning Hong Kong. They coincide with enhanced U.S. efforts to check expansion of Chinese firms¡¯ global role in 5G networks. Pompeo¡¯s recent call for struggle against Chinese totalitarianism as ¡°,¡± in which he , has framed the issue of global 5G leadership in larger terms. But on inspection, it is doubtful that current U.S. measures add up to an effective strategy for to ¡°lead the development [of] 5G communications infrastructure worldwide.¡±
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