Trump threatens intelligence block over Huawei: US diplomatUS Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell (centre, pictured Feb 14, 2020) said President Donald Trump told him that allies who use Huawei "will jeopardise our ability to share intelligence and information". WASHINGTON: The United States' ambassador to Germany said Sunday that President Donald Trump had threatened to cut off intelligence-sharing with countries that dealt with Chinese tech firm Huawei. Washington has been pressing allies to ban Huawei, one of the world's largest tech firms, from next-generation 5G mobile data networks, saying it is a security risk. Ambassador Richard Grenell said Trump "instructed me to make clear that any nation who chooses to use an untrustworthy 5G vendor will jeopardize our ability to share intelligence and information at the highest level." US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told the Munich Security Conference on Saturday that Huawei was a "Trojan horse for Chinese intelligence."

Source: Bangkok Post February 17, 2020 02:26 UTC