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British Lawmakers Seen Pushing for Earlier Huawei Ouster

Natalie Liu

   WASHINGTON - The British government's decision to ban Chinese tech
   giant Huawei from its 5G telecom network beginning in 2027 is only the
   "opening salvo" of what is to come, according to a leading expert on
   U.S.-British relations.

   Nile Gardiner, director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at
   the Heritage Foundation in Washington, thinks there is a "higher than
   50% chance" that Huawei's exit date will come two or even three years
   ahead of the announced date.

   The same hardline lawmakers in the governing Conservative Party who
   pushed for the rejection of Huawei consider seven years to be too long
   a period to completely disengage from the company, Gardiner said in a
   telephone interview, adding that these lawmakers may be able to push
   through legislation that would shorten the timeline.

   He pointed to statements made Tuesday by member of parliament Iain
   Duncan Smith immediately after the decision to cut Huawei out of the
   nation's 5G plans was announced.

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