Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is urging Britain to reconsider allowing a Chinese telecommunications company to supply equipment to be used in the country’s new 5G wireless network.

Pompeo, 56, spoke to reporters on his plane while flying to London on Wednesday, according to Reuters. He reiterated that allowing the technology giant Huawei to provide equipment for the network risks compromising the system.

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