Don't Negotiate With China on Huawei, Ridge Says; Chinese Spokesperson Slams Australia

The U.S. shouldn’t make Huawei part of trade negotiations with China, former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge told Yahoo Finance: “National security and Huawei being embedded in your network, that is a non-negotiable item.” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying, meanwhile, slammed Australia for keeping Chinese companies out of the 5G supply chain. “Under the pretext of national security, Australia was the first country to ban Chinese companies from its 5G network roll-out without any evidence of risks. It is blatant discrimination against Chinese companies,” Hua said, according to a transcript: “Australia has also been lecturing other countries about the 5G network and encouraging them to follow suit. Such disgraceful and immoral conduct is against basic market principles and international rules.”