LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo endorsed Britain’s role on Thursday in a privileged system for sharing U.S. intelligence, playing down a rift over London’s decision to allow a Chinese firm to help build its new mobile phone network.
On a highly symbolic visit to Britain the day before its exit from the European Union, Pompeo said the “Five Eyes” intelligence sharing network was “strong”, and would remain in place despite Britain’s decision this week not to exclude Huawei from supplying 5G telecoms equipment.
He also said Britain would be “at the front of the line” for a post-Brexit trade deal with the United States, taking a swipe at President Donald Trump’s predecessor Barack Obama who had tried to persuade British voters not to back Brexit.
Washington has applied strong pressure on countries to exclude Huawei, the world’s largest maker of telecoms equipment, from mobile networks. The United States argues that the firm’s technology…
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