Pompeo warns Europe against partnering with China on telecom

Published February 11, 2019 5:08pm ET



BUDAPEST, HungaryNATO allies that use technology provided by Chinese telecom giant Huawei could lose the ability to work side-by-side with U.S. forces, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned Monday.

“If that equipment is co-located where we have important American systems, it makes it more difficult for us to partner alongside them,” Pompeo told reporters at the U.S. embassy in Budapest.

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