UK ban on Huawei 'seriously damages' trust with China, country's ambassador says
The UK’s decision to exclude Huawei from its 5G networks has “seriously damaged” trust between Britain and China, ambassador Liu Xiaoming has said.
Answering questions following an online speech to the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum, Mr Liu suggested the decision may have brought an end to the so-called "Golden Era" of commercial relations between the UK and China, asking: "How could you do normal business when the other side treats you as a hostile country?"
Speaking a day after Boris Johnson's government announced a ban on UK telecoms operators buying products from the Chinese tech giant, and ordered existing kit to be ripped out of 5G networks by 2027, he said that the country's businesses were now likely to find it difficult to invest in Britain.
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