Britain announced that it would limit Huawei's role in establishing a 5G network in the region. The UK prime minister was said to eliminate Huawei in Britain's market by 2023.
UK prime minister Boris Johnson was said to limit access for Huawei in developing 5G networks in Britain. The said decision was inspired by the US government's position against the Chinese tech giant. Earlier this year, Huawei was given a significant role in developing the said 5G network.
Johnson's decision angered the Trump administration. Afterwards, the US warned that if Huawei were granted access into the UK's economy, it would disrupt intelligence sharing between the UK and the US.
The report claimed that Johnson promised to bring Huawei's participation in the development of 5G networks down to zero by 2023. A deal was said to have indicated that Huawei's input until 2023 would be down by 35 percent.
Johnson was said to revisit the terms of the deal to improve his stand with the House of Commons. The decision to allow the Chinese tech giant caused a stir last March. It was then revealed that about 50 Conservative MPs were prepared to go against Johnson if Huawei's participation remained unchanged.
The said opposition to the deal was led by influential Conservative MPs who planned to create a parliamentary bloc named as "China Research Group." The members of the bloc were said to compel Johnson to review the Huawei deal.
The chairman of the group Tom Tugendhat predicted that Johnson might revisit the controversial agreement after China was frowned upon for its handling of the pandemic. He told Business Insider that the implications of the pandemic might run against Huawei.
Deputy on matters relating to the pandemic First Secretary of State Dominic Raab claimed that the country's relationship with China could be adversely affected after the pandemic. On the other hand, UK's ambassador to the US Dame Karen Pierce said last April that the UK is pushing for an investigation about the origins of the virus.
Beijing's ambassador to the UK Liu Xiaoming then responded with a warning that British politicians that pushed for the initiative against China could disrupt the countries' trade relations. He said that few politicians have been addicted to the mentality that China is like the former Soviet Union during the cold war.
In other news, Australian security officials applauded the decision in reviewing the Huawei deal after it initially approved Huawei's involvement in the development of 5G technologies in the region. In a statement, the British Government said that following the US's additional sanctions against Huawei, Johnson acknowledged the impact that the company could have in UK networks.
