The media coverage at the time (which I followed closely because I worked in this space) indicated that the UK was under a great deal of pressure from the US to ban Huawei. The US was allegedly concerned that the use of Huawei equipment would allow US/UK shared intelligence to be eavesdropped by the CCP. The US pressure was widely viewed in the UK as having an economic purpose disguised as security.
>> The US pressure was widely viewed in the UK as having an economic purpose disguised as security.
I live in the UK. This may have been part of it, but to think that a communist dictatorship that (to pick a random example) harvests organs from political opponents is above backdooring their own kit is beyond naïve.
A quick search found: https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/short_news/uk-bann...