- On July 14, the UK announced that from next year it will be illegal for telecoms operators to buy 5G equipment from Huawei. Operators must remove all existing Huawei 5G kit by 2027.
- The Observer reports that, in the days before the announcement, government officials briefed Huawei that the motivations behind the decision were partly geopolitical. The Trump administration was exerting pressure on the UK, they reportedly said.
- They also hinted the ban could be revisited if Trump loses the 2020 election and pressure from the US abates.
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The UK is bracing Huawei for a potential reversal of its 5G equipment ban should Donald Trump lose November's presidential election, according to a report by The Observer newspaper.
On July 14, the UK government announced it would next year ban telecoms companies from buying Huawei 5G equipment, and mandate they remove all existing Huawei 5G kit by 2027. Culture minister Oliver Dowden said the UK ban was designed to be "irreversible." This followed a May announcement from the US government that it would stop US companies from selling semiconductors to Huawei.
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