Brazilian telecoms snub U.S. official over Huawei 5G pressure: source
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s prime 4 telecom companies have decide to not meet with a visiting senior U.S. official who has advocated excluding China’s Huawei Technologies Co [HWT.UL] from the Brazilian 5G instruments market, an commerce source talked about on Friday.
The carriers declined a U.S. embassy invitation to satisfy on Monday in Sao Paulo with Keith Krach, U.S. under secretary of state for monetary growth, vitality and the environment, the person in contact with telecom sector executives talked about.
“This invitation is not applicable with free-market picks that we’re used to. We must have the flexibility to freely make our biggest financial picks,” the source talked about, requesting anonymity.
The invitation from U.S. ambassador Todd Chapman was first reported by Folha de S.Paulo newspaper, which together with the Valor Economico enterprise every day talked about the companies hottest to not attend.
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