
LONDON -- In a reversal that will anger China, the U.K. government decided on Tuesday to phase out the use of Huawei Technologies' equipment in its 5G infrastructure after having just agreed to allow it early this year.
Under pressure from Washington and a growing number of ruling Conservative Party lawmakers to drop the Chinese telecoms giant, the move puts Britain in the U.S.-led camp that is trying to decouple from the world's second-largest economy.