In the early 2020s, the European Union released a Request for Proposals for a 5G telecommunications network. Six companies from countries within the EU submitted bids but a seventh came from Huawei and ZTE, China's two largest cell phone manufacturers. It was estimated that the cost of having the network constructed by an EU-based firm would run $62 billion. The bid from Huawei and ZTE indicated that they could do it at a significantly lower cost...