US senators push for law to monitor allies using Huawei
'Protecting ... trade secrets from the Chinese Communist Party is our top priority'
04 March 2020 - 18:28
Washington — A group of US senators wants to remove a preferred investment status for countries such as the UK that allow installation of Huawei Technologies equipment in their 5G networks.
Senator Tom Cotton, an Arkansas Republican, was expected to propose legislation on Wednesday to amend the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernisation Act to scrutinise direct investments such as real-estate and venture-capital deals by foreign countries in the US...
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