LONDON • British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will put his friendship with United States President Donald Trump to the test this week as he announces whether to allow Huawei Technologies a role in the country's fifth-generation wireless broadband networks.
If he allows Huawei to go ahead, he faces the potential loss of US intelligence cooperation and an angry backlash from the White House at a time when he is seeking a trade deal with Britain's closest ally. The Huawei decision is perilous for Mr Johnson. If he bans the company, he risks failing to equip Britain with the technology that Huawei is well placed to provide and betraying his pledge to voters to spread ultra-fast Internet services across the country. If he allows Huawei to go ahead, he faces the potential loss of US intelligence cooperation and an angry backlash from the White House.
"The key issue in terms of the US trade deal is the clear intent of the Trump administration to have a trade deal with the UK," Mr Barclay told the BBC. His mettle is being tested by a bitter feud with China over Huawei, whose chief financial officer is fighting extradition to the US on accusations that she tricked banks into violating Iran sanctions. Beijing bristled at Canada's detention of Meng Wanzhou at the end of 2018 during a layover in Vancouver.
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