CEP Magazine (February 2020)
Members of the German parliament, the Bundestag, put forth a bill that would ban Huawei Technologies from all aspects of Germany’s 5G network, not just the core, sensitive areas.[1] The move is seen externally as a revolt against Chancellor Angela Merkel’s policy toward China. Merkel is seeking to balance security and economic concerns by allowing Huawei access to less sensitive, peripheral parts of the 5G network; the bill drafted by lawmakers in Merkel’s ruling coalition disagree with that policy, citing Huawei’s ties to the Chinese government as too risky to deal with.
Huawei is facing pressure from several nations around the world for its alleged ties to the Chinese government’s espionage apparatus. Several laws in the US, potentially the UK, and now Germany target Chinese telecom companies—if not by name—in order to protect national networks from possible hacking and espionage from China.
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