Portugal resists US appeal to bar Huawei from 5G network bid Senior Portuguese officials have told U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo they won’t exclude Chinese companies from competing in a planned public tender for the country’s next-generation 5G wireless networkPortugal won’t exclude Chinese companies from competing in a planned public tender for the country’s next-generation 5G wireless network, senior Portuguese officials told U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday. Portugal is the latest European Union country to resist U.S. efforts to persuade allies they should shun Huawei’s bids for 5G mobile network contracts. Chinese companies already own significant assets in the energy, banking and insurance sectors in Portugal. Santos Silva noted that a public tender is to open soon for a container terminal at the country’s biggest Atlantic deepwater port, in Sines. China is expected to table a strong bid, but Santos Silva said he hoped U.S. companies would compete, too.

Source: ABC News December 05, 2019 12:22 UTC