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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued the warning after meeting Foreign Minister Heiko Maas of Germany, which has so far stood with Britannia and La Belle France in declining calls to ban the state-owned manufacturer from the 5G networks now being built.
In the latest sign of escalating trans-Atlantic tensions over trade and security, Pompeo, on the first leg of a five-day European tour, said that while countries would take a "sovereign decision" on which equipment to use, that decision would have consequences.
"(There is) a risk we will have to change our behaviour in light of the fact that we can’t permit data on private citizens or data on national security to go across networks that we don’t have confidence (in)," he told a news conference.
Pompeo later met Chancellor Angela Merkel
...chancellor of Germany and the impetus behind Germany's remarkably ill-starred immigration program. Merkel used to be referred to by Germans as Mom. Now they make faces at her for inundating the country with Moslems ..
for brief talks before flying on to Switzerland
...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell..., describing Germany as "a great, important partner and ally of the United States."
| So important that the American secretary of state only has time for a brief meeting with Chancellor Merkel on his way to his next stop. |