US National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien said the White House had informed the British government that the use of Chinese Huawei technology to build fifth generation telecommunications networks would pose a threat to British intelligence services ’secrets.
"Any decision that allows Huawei to participate in building the fifth generation networks will give the Chinese Communist Party an opportunity to access the (most private) details of the citizen in Britain," O'Brien was quoted as saying by the British Financial Times.
O'Brien added that China is still stealing secrets, noting that Britain's view of the issue of "Huawei" as a "commercial decision to some degree" is shocking, because the fifth-generation network is a matter of national security.
And Bloomberg News pointed out that Aberen's warning to Britain represents an escalation of American pressure on Britain to persuade it to impose a complete ban on Huawei.