"US tells Britain: Fall into line over China and Huawei, or no trade deal
Donald Trump’s negotiators have signalled that the next prime minister’s hopes of a post-Brexit trade deal with the United States rest on his willingness to fall in line with tough American policies against the Chinese telecoms giant Huawei.
Whitehall correspondence seen by The Sunday Telegraph reveals that British officials close to transatlantic trade talks believe allowing Huawei to *provide equipment for new 5G mobile networks could be a deal-breaker.
In one message a civil servant lifts the lid on how the controversy over the alleged threat to security posed by Huawei is intertwined with a web of diplomatic and trade concerns in Washington DC."
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Donald Trump’s negotiators have signalled that the next prime minister’s hopes of a post-Brexit trade deal with the United States rest on his willingness to fall in line with tough American policies against the Chinese telecoms giant Huawei.
Whitehall correspondence seen by The Sunday Telegraph reveals that British officials close to transatlantic trade talks believe allowing Huawei to *provide equipment for new 5G mobile networks could be a deal-breaker.
In one message a civil servant lifts the lid on how the controversy over the alleged threat to security posed by Huawei is intertwined with a web of diplomatic and trade concerns in Washington DC."
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