Argentina reveals that it has received what looks like a threat from the administration of US President Donald Trump if it contracts for the equipment of the fifth generation network from Huawei.
Argentina revealed, on Sunday, that it received a similar threat from US President Donald Trump’s administration if it contracted equipment The fifth generation network From the Chinese company Huawei.
Argentine Foreign Minister Felipe Sola said that Mauricio Claver Caroni, an advisor to US President Donald Trump, has warned Argentine officials against concluding an agreement with the Chinese company Huawei on the fifth generation communications network.
And Sola continued in an interview with Argentine newspaper Clarin: “The American advisor informed us that the United States will look at any potential agreement very badly.”
Last August, the Trump administration expanded the scope of announced restrictions it approved in May 2020, aimed at preventing Huawei from obtaining semiconductors without a special license.
Washington has added 38 Huawei companies in 21 countries to the US government’s economic blacklist, as part of measures to prevent the company from accessing commercially available electronic chips.
This measure affects Huawei’s subsidiaries in Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, Singapore, Thailand and Britain.
On the other hand, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said on August 20 that it would take “all necessary measures” to protect the legitimate interests of its companies.
US officials see Huawei as a security risk because of its ties to the Beijing government, a claim the Chinese company has denied.
On the other hand, Bloomberg News quoted Sola as saying to the newspaper that the American automaker Ford Motor Company will invest $ 700 million in its operations in Argentina, without providing further details.
Claver Caroni will begin his new position as president of the Inter-American Development Bank in October as the first American to lead the institution.
Sulla said Latin America is not united and the United States took advantage of that, referring to the controversial election process of Claire Caroni to lead the bank.
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