Finland: Finland\u2019s communications minister denounced the idea on Thursday of the US buying a controlling stake in Nokia and Ericsson to counter Chinese giant Huawei\u2019s dominance of the 5G telecoms market. Last week US Attorney General Bill Barr said the US should \u201cput our large market and financial muscle\u201d behind one or both of the Finnish and Swedish equipment makers, allowing them to better compete with Huawei, which the US accuses of having close ties to Beijing. Speaking in the margins of a conference on 5G security in Finland\u2019s capital Helsinki, Communications Minister Timo Harakka said he was \u201cskeptical\u201d about the attorney general\u2019s suggestion. \u201cI think the independence of Nokia and Ericsson is fine as it is now,\u201d Harakka said. MONITORING DESK
\n\u201cAnd wouldn\u2019t it be rather ironic that, if we are wanting to guard the market economy and capitalism, that we would then resort to similar state aid practices that we criticize China for?\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The US has struggled to confront the challenge of Huawei, which has already sold its market-proven 5G equipment and software to many countries around the world.<\/p>\n
US national security officials claim Huawei\u2019s ties to the Chinese government will give Beijing intelligence access to the world\u2019s telecoms networks, enabling them to hijack communications and hamper the ability of other countries and companies to protect their secrets.<\/p>\n
Washington has banned the use of Huawei equipment by government entities and strongly urged the private sector to forgo it.<\/p>\n
However, they have failed in efforts to convince European governments to follow suit.<\/p>\n
France on Thursday said it would not bow to American pressure to exclude Huawei from supplying equipment for its 5G networks, though the Chinese telecommunications firm could be subject to restrictions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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