UK Huawei decision appears to avert row with US
by Heather Stewart and Dan Sabbagh from Technology | The Guardian on (#4YHG7)
US sources say special relationship too important to jeopardise over Chinese tech firm
Boris Johnson appears to have averted a full-blown confrontation with the White House over Huawei, after the government designated the Chinese technology firm a "high-risk vendor" and imposed a cap on its involvement in building the UK's 5G telecoms network.
The Trump administration had given a series of strongly worded warnings about the security risks in the run-up to the decision, but was preparing to soften its stance after a phone call between the British prime minister and the US president on Tuesday afternoon.
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