Germany, Spain Push Back on European Plan to Ban Huawei Gear (2)

Germany and Spain are leading opposition to European Commission plans to ban Chinese technology suppliers from telecom networks as part of new cybersecurity rules, according to people familiar with the negotiations.

Officials from the countries want to keep state-level control, and have expressed concerns that banning products from Huawei Technologies Co. and other Chinese suppliers at the EU level risks retaliation from Beijing, the people said, asking not to be identified as the discussions aren’t public. The states also warned that a ban risks making the bloc’s plans to build out artificial intelligence infrastructure more expensive, they said.

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