President Trump has said that Huawei’s technology presents a serious security risk Fred Dufour/Getty ImagesPresident Trump’s appetite for a trade deal with Britain could wane if Boris Johnson lets Huawei contribute to Britain’s 5G network, a senior US official has said. The prime minister faces intense lobbying from western allies to bar the Chinese company’s technology from the mobile network. He will chair a meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) next week that will decide whether to let it build “non-core” infrastructure. Andrea Leadsom, the business secretary and a member of the NSC, said this morning that alternatives to Huawei were limited. President Trump has said that the company’s technology presents a serious security risk to the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network between Britain, the United States, Australia, New…

Source: The Times January 23, 2020 12:05 UTC