Security News > 2020 > July > Britain Set to Axe Huawei 5G Involvement: Report
China's ambassador to Britain on Monday warned that London faced a risk to its international reputation if it blocked Huawei from the nation's 5G network.
A UK security investigation, yet to be published, has raised "Very, very serious" questions over Huawei's limited 5G role in Britain, the financial daily added.
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said separately he had received the National Cyber Security Centre report and there would be a "Significant" impact on Huawei's 5G role.
Beijing's top envoy in London, Liu Xiaoming, described Huawei's involvement as a "Win-win" for both the company and UK-China relations.
Huawei's position has been complicated further by Washington's decision to roll out a new wave of sanctions to cripple the company's production of the chips used in 5G. The FT said Johnson was drawing up plans to remove the Huawei technology from Britain's 5G network after warnings that the US sanctions could curtail the company's access to American semiconductors and force it to use riskier supplies.