US thwarts Chicom 5-G scheme?

 Epoch Times:

The Trump administration scored a victory against the regime in Beijing this year through its “Clean Network” campaign that booted Huawei Technologies Co. out of critical telecommunications infrastructure in many countries.

The effort, while not well-publicized, secured an array of commitments from governments to exclude untrusted vendors from their fifth-generation (5G) wireless networks. As of this month, more than 50 nations, representing over two-thirds of the world’s economy, and 180 telecom companies had joined the “Clean Network” initiative led by the U.S. government.

The alliance includes 26 of the 27 EU member states, as well as technologically advanced countries such as Japan, Israel, Australia, Singapore, Taiwan, Canada, New Zealand, and India.

This triumph for the U.S. government seemed unthinkable at the beginning of this year, as the Chinese telecom giant, a dominant player in the global 5G market, seemed unbeatable.

For years, the United States had sought to convince its allies to shun Chinese vendors such as Huawei and ZTE on national security grounds, and the Trump administration had warned about the risks of reliance on Chinese technologies, which were deeply embedded in the next generation of global telecommunications. But those efforts had failed to check Huawei.

In February, Huawei announced that it had 91 commercial 5G contracts outside of China, with 47 of the contracts in Europe and 20 in Asia. In January, for example, the UK declared that it would allow Huawei to supply 5G equipment, sparking tensions between London and Washington.

“The U.S. is repeatedly pursuing its allied countries to ban Huawei from developing 5G but most of them have denied doing so,” Huawei stated on its website in February.

To turn the tide, the State Department in April launched a campaign requiring a “clean path” for all standalone 5G network traffic entering and exiting U.S. diplomatic facilities, as outlined in the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act. The Clean Path was the first of several Clean Network strategic moves that the administration rolled out to keep U.S. critical data and networks safe from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

The following month, the Commerce Department tightened export controls on Huawei, calling it a security threat. The Pentagon later blacklisted the company because of its ties to the Chinese military.

As part of the plan, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. announced in May that it would build the world’s most advanced 5-nanometer chip fabrication facility in Arizona, an important milestone in securing the semiconductor supply chain and a safe 5G network for the United States and its partners.
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I do not think this would have happened under a Biden administration.  Biden has defended the Chicoms and been critical of President Trump's foreign policy toward the Chicoms.  There was also the potential conflict of interest with the Hunter Biden and "Big Guy" Joe Biden getting a lucrative investment for access to Joe.