Now try and convince me US pressure has nothing to do with Huawei decision

The Guardian reports:

The US defence secretary, Mark Esper, warned that US alliances including the future of Nato were in jeopardy if European countries went ahead with using Chinese Huawei technology in their 5G networks.

Esper also warned future cooperation would be at risk, as the US would no longer be certain its communications networks were secure.

His remarks at the Munich security conference on Saturday, bolstered by similar warnings from the US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, remove any doubt that the US sees finding an alternative to Huawei as central to its own security.

The US is being explicit that it will retaliate against countries that use Huawei. So let's not pretend any decision made by the NZ Government is not being influenced by this pressure.

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