UK and US risk ‘diplomatic war’ over Huawei

Boris Johnson set to defy Donald Trump’s warnings and grant Chinese tech giant access to Britain’s superfast network

Huawei
Huawei and ZTE phones were banned from US military bases in May
(Image credit: Lluis Gene/AFP/Getty Images)

Boris Johnson is facing the prospect of diplomatic war with Donald Trump that could threaten a future UK-US trade deal over plans to hand Chinese telecoms firm Huawei access to Britain’s 5G phone network.

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