South Africa’s ambassador to the five-nation BRICS bloc says the country won’t succumb to pressure from the US to stop Huawei use.

Tensions about China using Huawei to spy or sabotage systems. China is South Africa’s largest trading partner.

  • livus@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Both South Africa and China are BRICS member countries. BRICS is expanding membership, setting up a bank, and there are rumours of a common trading currency.

    I don’t think anyone seriously expects one BRICS nation to reject another BRICS nation’s tech on the say-so of an unaligned country, even if that country is the US.

    South Africa has a close relationship with China, its largest trading parter and will host it together with other BRICS members Brazil, Russia and India at a summit on Aug. 22-24.