UK should exercise ‘caution’ over Chinese firms like Huawei, Jeremy Hunt warns

The UK should exercise 'a degree of caution' about the role of large Chinese firms such as Huawei, Jeremy Hunt has said. The foreign secretary raised concerns about Chinese laws requiring firms to co-operate with Beijing's intelligence agencies, saying: 'We have to weigh those considerations very carefully.' A Whitehall leak inquiry is under way after details emerged of a National Security Council (NSC) meeting at which Theresa May was said to have given the green light for the Chinese tech giant to help build 'non-core' parts of the UK's 5G communications network.