EU’s Telecom Crackdown Exposes Global Security Risks China Poses to America and Allies

In a decisive move that underscores long-standing concerns about China’s growing influence in critical technology sectors, the European Union unveiled plans Tuesday to phase out telecom equipment supplied by so-called “high risk” countries—an unmistakable reference to China. This policy shift targets firms like Huawei and ZTE, whose dominance in global telecommunications has raised alarms about cybersecurity vulnerabilities across allied nations. The EU’s draft legislation mandates that member states remove such equipment from their high-speed telecom networks within three years, making cybersecurity enforcement compulsory rather than voluntary as it has been until now. While these measures do not explicitly name China...