German government not planning blanket Huawei ban - Reuters

BERLIN, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Germany does not privation to travel the United States successful mostly banning products made by Chinese telecoms instrumentality makers specified arsenic Huawei, but volition proceed making specified decisions connected a case-by-case basis, an Economy Ministry spokesperson said connected Friday.

Berlin's narration with Beijing has travel nether adjacent scrutiny since Russia's penetration of Ukraine, which exposed the German economy's reliance connected Russia for vigor and made officials wary of a akin dependence connected China for trade.

Germany has travel nether peculiar unit to instrumentality enactment connected China's telecoms cogwheel makers aft the U.S. Federal Communications Commission past week banned approvals of caller instrumentality from Huawei and ZTE (000063.SZ) due to the fact that they airs "an unacceptable risk" to U.S. nationalist security.

A German Economy Ministry strategy insubstantial seen by Reuters connected Thursday elaborate recommendations to summation the level of scrutiny connected the usage of components from definite states.

The insubstantial mentions authorities introduced successful Germany successful 2020 that acceptable precocious hurdles for makers of telecommunications instrumentality for next-generation networks, specified arsenic Huawei.

Under that legislation, idiosyncratic IT components oregon full companies tin beryllium banned and declared untrustworthy if suppliers marque mendacious declarations, bash not enactment information audits oregon neglect to study oregon spot vulnerabilities promptly.

The 104-page strategy insubstantial suggests going a measurement further, allowing a prohibition of components and products made by suppliers successful authoritarian states for telecommunications and IT arsenic good arsenic for different captious infrastructure specified arsenic proscription oregon h2o and nutrient supply.

When asked whether it expected a tightening of rules oregon adjacent a prohibition successful Germany oregon the European Union, Huawei told Reuters connected Friday it relied connected constructive and facts-oriented dialogue.

"Secure usage of networks is autarkic of a provider's state of root and tin lone beryllium ensured by means of planetary standards successful planetary practice betwixt manufacture and regulatory authorities," Huawei said.

Representative Michael McCaul, apical Republican connected the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, said Germany was "jeopardizing its ain nationalist information and that of Europe's" successful its determination connected Huawei. "Berlin didn't larn from their reliance connected Russia for vigor and they are making the aforesaid mistake by allowing China entree to its telecom," McCaul added.

The Germany Embassy successful Washington declined to comment.

Reporting by Andreas Rinke; Writing by Miranda Murray and Maria Sheahan; further reporting by David Shepardson successful Washington; Editing by Rachel More, Peter Graff and Sandra Maler

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