U.S. sanctions led to change in UK position on Huawei, says PM's spokesman

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15/07/2020 14:15

LONDON, July 15 (Reuters) - Britain changed its position on
using China's Huawei in its 5G network because of U.S.
sanctions, a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on
Wednesday when asked about President Donald Trump's comments
that he was responsible.
    "The reason for the UK's change of position was the impact
of the U.S. sanctions which were announced in May. Those
sanctions were like nothing we had ever seen before, and led to
the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) changing its
assessments," the spokesman told reporters.
    "The U.S. sanctions make it impossible for the NCSC to
continue to guarantee the security of Huawei equipment in the
future."

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