Korea and U.S. at Odds Over Huawei
It makes me wonder how much Huawei technology will end up in Combined Forces Command if South Korea keeps buying tech from them:
![Keith Krach, under secretary of state for economic growth, energy security and the environment, visits Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in central Seoul in November 2019. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]](https://i0.wp.com/koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2020/11/01/f30866b2-d177-4f5e-8484-a67d5ca392f5.jpg?w=640&ssl=1)
A senior U.S. diplomat said Washington would respect the Korean government’s reluctance to force local companies to stop buying network equipment from Huawei.
Joong Ang Ilbo
And yet Keith Krach, under secretary of state for economic growth, energy security and the environment, continued to cast doubts on the trustworthiness of the Chinese tech company during a press briefing on Friday.
“The way we would look at it is that we respect the country of [South] Korea, and we respect their decisions. At the end of the day, I think it’s all about trust,” Krach was quoted as saying by Voice of America.
The U.S. government has asked the Korean government to join its global effort to elbow out Huawei, taking an aim at LG U+, in particular. Huawei has supplied LG U+ with equipment for 4G LTE and 5G networks.
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Korea is on a knifes edge right now, and I honestly don’t know which side they will land on as the US and China edge closer to conflict.
Korea side will land on the side that offers value, price, and quality of products and services. Korea doesn’t buy something just because Americans demand that Korea should not buy from others.
It’s called a free country with a free market.