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The premier Boris Johnson is studying the possibility of a "reverse" the participation of Huawei in the 5G network in the UK, in the light of a recent report by the National Center for Cybersecurity (GCHQ), as revealed by The Sunday Telegraph . Johnson gave the go-ahead in January to grant the Chinese tech giant a share of 5G infrastructure (excluding "critical elements"), earning him his first direct confrontation with President Donald Trump.

The premier will convene the National Security Council in the coming days before making a decision, which could lead to a ban on the installation of Huawei equipment within six months, according to the conservative newspaper near Downing Street. Johnson plans to present his strategy in parliament before the end of the month, although he may delay the debate on the new National Security and Investment Law until after the summer to avoid clashes with the party's hard wing.

Relations with China, and more specifically the decision on Huawei and the 5G network, has become the new Brexit of the Tories . The Conservative Party is deeply divided on the issue and a group of 59 rebels , led by former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith, even threatens to face the premier in Parliament and force the complete exclusion in 2023 of the Chinese giant in infrastructure. for mobile phones.

Huawei has just celebrated with its advertising campaign its twentieth anniversary of presence in the United Kingdom, where it has 1,600 workers spread over 20 offices. The Chinese company also obtained approval in June to build a large research center of 50,000 square meters in Sawston, next to Cambridge, which would represent a great qualitative leap in its implementation in the British Isles.

Initially, the GCHQ gave its go-ahead to Huawei's involvement in basic 5G infrastructure, excluding its involvement in "critical elements." The new report estimates, however, that President Trump's veto of Huawei - prohibiting the use of technology with American intellectual property - has had "a severe impact" on the company. Trump views Huawei as "a national security risk" because of its connections to the Chinese government. Still, Boris Johnson decided to go ahead with his plans to grant Huawei a 35% stake in the UK 5G network and opened his first Trump gap in the run-up to Brexit. Government sources now assure The Sunday Telegraph that the premier is ready to print "a fundamental turnaround" in his decision in light of the new GCHQ report.

Since his time as Mayor of London, Boris Johnson has been regarded as one of the Conservative Party's leading synophiles (alongside David Cameron, who laid the red carpet and had a few pints with President Xi Jinping in 2015). The coronavirus pandemic and Hong Kong's security law have, however, gotten into the relationship between London and Beijing, increasingly strained by Johnson's own decision to open the doors to British citizenship for three million Hong Kong people. In the midst of a dialectical war, Johnson warned last week that he is ready to protect British infrastructure against "hostile state providers" in what is interpreted as a veiled warning to the Chinese government and Huawei.

" It is important that we focus on the facts and not on the speculations, " a spokesman for the Chinese company told The Sunday Telegraph. "Huawei is the most vetted provider in the world, and we firmly believe that our unrivaled transparency in the UK means that we can continue to rely on playing a role in modernizing the country's infrastructure."

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