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Britain Grants China's Huawei Limited Role in 5G Network Rollout

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   Britain will allow China's Huawei Technologies Co. to help build the
   country's next-generation cellular network, dealing a blow to a U.S.
   campaign to launch a worldwide boycott of the telecom equipment giant.

   The British government said Tuesday it would permit Huawei to build
   less critical parts of the country's new high-speed 5G wireless
   network.

   The U.S. has campaigned against Huawei for more than a year, noting
   concerns about national security and the Chinese firm's relations with
   the country's Communist Party. On Tuesday, the White House said U.S.
   President Donald Trump discussed "critical regional and bilateral
   issues, including telecommunications security," during a phone call
   with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

   "The United States is disappointed by the U.K.'s decision," said a
   senior Trump administration official Tuesday. "There is no safe option
   for untrusted vendors to control any part of a 5G network."

   The U.S. official said the U.S. is willing to work with Britain to
   exclude "untrusted vendor components from 5G networks."

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