Luna aceasta, președintele SUA, Donald Trump, a interzis companiilor americane să folosească echipamente telecom făcute de companii care ridică un risc pentru ”securitatea națională”. În ordinul semnat de el nu apar nume ale unor astfel de companii, dar oficialii americani au declarat, în mai multe rânduri, că telefoanele și sistemele chinezești ar putea constitui un cal troian pentru spionii chinezi. Serviciile secrete americane suspectează că Huawei este susţinută de armata chineză şi ar putea fi folosită de Beijing pentru a-şi spiona adversarii. De asemenea, Departamentul de Comerț SUA a adăugat Huawei pe lista firmelor pentru care companiile americane au nevoie de permisiune oficială.
În urma acestor măsuri, Google a anunțat că a restricționat accesul telefoanelor Huawei la actualizări importante Android. Utilizatorii noilor modele de telefoane ar putea să nu mai aibă acces la unele aplicații precum YouTube și Google Maps.
Fondatorul Huawei, Ren Zhengfei, a declarat că SUA le „subestimează” puterea şi că acest conflict era inevitabil în cursa „pentru a conduce lumea”, potrivit The Guardian.
Mai jos, un pasaj dintr-un interviu cu Trump în legătură cu acest subiect și felul în care a fost abordat în presa internațională (CNBC, WSJ, Vice News si BBC Click)
TRUMP: Huawei is something that’s very dangerous. You look at what they’ve done from a security standpoint, from a military standpoint, it’s very dangerous. So it’s possible that Huawei even would be included in some kind of a trade deal. If we made a deal, I could imagine Huawei being possibly included in some form, some part of a trade deal.
REPORTER: How would that look?
TRUMP: It would look very good for us.
REPORTER: But the Huawei part, how would you design that.
TRUMP: Oh it’s too early to say. We’re just very concerned about Huawei from a security standpoint.
[sursa: C-SPAN ( min 40:20)]
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