Cybersecurity
Talk About Anything But Huawei During President Xi's Paris Trip
- Macron teams avoid public discussion of contentious issues
- Huawei sticks to consumer focus in Paris new phone unveiling
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With Paris simultaneously playing host to China’s president Xi Jinping and a Huawei Technologies Co. launch event, international onlookers might’ve expected cybersecurity concerns to be a talking point this week. But it’s not.
French President Emmanuel Macron and his advisers avoided any public discussion of contentious issues at a Tuesday morning event to mark the state visit, while Huawei focused on promoting its consumer brand by unveiling the P30 smartphone line in front of some 1,500 people in the French capital.