Trump Moves to Ban Foreign Telecom Gear, Targeting Huawei and China

WASHINGTON — President Trump moved on Wednesday to ban American telecommunications firms from installing foreign-made equipment that could pose a threat to national security, White House officials said, stepping up a battle against China by effectively barring sales by Huawei, the country’s leading networking company. Mr. Trump issued an executive order instructing the commerce secretary, Wilbur Ross, to ban transactions “posing an unacceptable risk” but did not single out any nation or company. The executive order was “agnostic,” White House officials said in a call with reporters, declining to single out China as the focus.

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