Trump is expected to sign an executive order this week

  • Will bar US companies from using telecommunications equipment made by firms posing a national security risk
  • Will set the course for a ban on doing business with China's Huawei

Reuters reports citing three US officials familiar with the plan

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  • order will not name specific countries or companies
  • has been under consideration for more than a year

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Difficult to not read this in the context of the trade war with China. Escalation.