US Ambassador Richard Grenell has accused the federal government of insulting the US in a dispute over a possible Chinese involvement in the expansion of fast 5G mobile communications in Germany.
"The recent statements by senior German government officials that the United States is comparable to the Chinese Communist Party are an insult to the thousands of American soldiers who help ensure Germany's security," Grenell said. In addition, it was an insult to millions of Americans who campaigned for a strong Western alliance.
Altmaier: In the NSA affair "also no boycott imposed"
Earlier, Minister of Economics Peter Altmaier had drawn in the ARD program "Anne Will" a comparison between the US and China. In the NSA affair about telephone monitoring by the US secret service Germany "also no boycott imposed", he said.
Altmaier added, "The US also requires its companies to provide certain information needed to fight terrorism." Such disclosure of information to the Chinese government is feared by the US for Huawei's involvement in the 5G project.
The CDU had decided on the weekend, Huawei not generally exclude the expansion of fast 5G mobile in Germany. In a decision adopted by a large majority on Saturday by the CDU party congress in Leipzig, it is said that trustworthy could be "only those suppliers who fulfill a clearly defined security catalog in a verifiable manner". This must include "that interference by a foreign state on our 5G infrastructure is excluded."