By Reuters | Updated: May 4, 2026
BRUSSELS, May 4 (Reuters) – The European Commission has recommended that member states exclude Huwaei and ZTE gears from local telecom operators’ connectivity infrastructure, a spokesperson said on Monday.
The new cybersecurity rules being approved would grant the EU the possibility to ban the use of gears from high-risk suppliers in the EU market, the spokesperson told reporters during a briefing in Brussels.
China last week threatened with countermeasures against the EU if the new cybersecurity rules were applied as Beijing considers the proposed rules are “discriminatory”.
Reporting by Inti Landauro; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta
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