Berlin — German Chancellor Angela Merkel is coming under pressure from her own party to impose an outright ban on Chinese equipment supplier Huawei Technologies from the country’s 5G network.

The demand is part of a motion signed by 500 of her fellow Christian Democrats (CDU) to be presented at the party conference next week, according to a copy obtained by Bloomberg News. They call for alternative solutions from European providers...

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