Subj : EU funds multiple Huawei projects despite European ban
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Wed Jun 14 2023 10:15:03

EU funds multiple Huawei projects despite European ban

Date:
Wed, 14 Jun 2023 08:53:22 +0000

Description:
Huawei is involved in a number of advanced R&D projects across the EU worth 
millions of euros.

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Days after news broke that the European Union (EU) was discussing banning 
Huawei from its 5G infrastructure projects due to security concerns, reports 
have claimed that the same bloc is paying the Chinese firm to research 
next-gen comms systems. 

According to the Financial Times , Huawei is part of Horizon Europe, EUs 
flagship research and innovation program totalling 11 projects. These 
projects are developing technologies including artificial intelligence, 6G, 
cloud computing, quantum sensing, connectivity, as well as frameworks for 
autonomous driving. 

As per the FT, Huawei has gotten roughly 14% of the funding, amounting to 
just below 4 million, and is apparently providing infrastructure equipment 
and AI platforms for the projects. "Incredible" inclusion 

All of these projects are highly sensitive in nature, and given the fact that 
Huawei is considered a threat to the blocs security, its inclusion raised 
quite a few eyebrows. 

John Strand, the founder of Denmark-based consultancy Strand Consult, told 
the publication that having Huawei take part is like inviting someone you 
dont trust to visit your secret offices. It could be risky for Europes 
security and EUs plan to have self-autonomy. 

Head of science, technology and innovation at Germanys Mercator Institute for 
China Studies, Jeroen Groenewegen-Lau, called Huaweis inclusion as 
incredible, adding that it was quite the surprise that this didnt raise any 
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For Huawei, international cooperation is vital. It said that its 
participation in Horizon Europe was evaluated independently by different 
panels of experts selected by the EU. 

Huawei is Chinas biggest, and one of the worlds biggest telecommunications 
operators. In recent times, the US government deemed it a threat to national 
security, arguing that the Chinese government might force the company into 
adding backdoors into its infrastructure, to be used for espionage. Since 
then, a number of countries around the world banned Huawei from working on 
their 5G infrastructure projects. Huawei has denied any allegations 
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