Visitors tour the Huawei and ZTE exhibition booths during the 2024 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) & High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance with the themed "Governing AI for Good and for All" at the Shanghai Expo Center Multifunction Hall in Shanghai, China on July 4, 2024. Germany will bar the use of components made by Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE from core parts of the country's 5G networks, in two steps starting in 2026, the nation's top security official said Thursday, July 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Visitors tour the Huawei and ZTE exhibition booths during the 2024 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) & High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance with the themed "Governing AI for Good and for All" at the Shanghai Expo Center Multifunction Hall in Shanghai, China on July 4, 2024. Germany will bar the use of components made by Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE from core parts of the country's 5G networks, in two steps starting in 2026, the nation's top security official said Thursday, July 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2018, file photo, signs promoting 5G wireless technology from Chinese technology firm Huawei are displayed at the PT Expo in Beijing. Germany's top security official says the country will bar the use of components made by Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE from core parts of its 5G networks, in two steps starting in 2026. Germany, which has Europe’s biggest economy, (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)