mo4ch:>Huawei CEO says 5G tech is like ‘nuclear bomb’ for US, cautions against 'new Cold War’ | Mo4ch News

Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei has blasted Donald Trump’s fixation on 5G competition with China, likening it to a “nuclear bomb” for the US president. Zhengfei also promised to support a “no-spy agreement” with Germany.In an interview with German Wirtschaftswoche and Handelsblatt newspapers, Zhengfei said his company will not install surveillance ‘backdoors’ on its 5G equipment in Germany.Berlin had been hesitant to allow Huawei to participate in its upcoming 5G rollout, citing security concerns, but the country’s chief telecoms regulator said on Monday that no equipment suppliers “should or may” be excluded.Meanwhile, Zhengfei said he would urge the Chinese government to sign a ‘no-spy agreement’ with Germany, and commit to abiding by the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).Washington has put diplomatic pressure on Germany to shut Huawei out, after multiple US intelligence agencies warned that the company could be gathering information for Beijing. Zhengfei called these allegatio…