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\"QUESTION:<\/strong> Oh, and before embarking this trip. And all throughout this region, I\u2019ve seen Huawei buildings, I\u2019ve seen Huawei phones, and what\u2019s your \u2013 how do you convince our allies in this region and all throughout the region to not go that route?<\/p>\n SECRETARY POMPEO:<\/strong> There\u2019s not much convincing that needs to be done about the threat from the Chinese Communist Party. They all understand it. Our task is to make sure that the risks are known to these leaders. I talked about it with each leader here that I\u2019ve met with today, ranging from Haiti and the Dominican Republic to Jamaica.<\/p>\n QUESTION:<\/strong> Are they listening? They\u2019re not going to use Huawei?<\/p>\n SECRETARY POMPEO:<\/strong> They\u2019re trying to work their way through a set of complex commercial and national security challenges that they face, and what I want them to know is the United States stands ready to support them, and we want to make sure that they understand the risk. If you put this technology into your system, you risk exposing the people of your country to having their information \u2013 their health information, their private information, their financial information \u2013 exposed to the Chinese Communist Party. It\u2019s a risk that they\u2019ve all taken on board. We\u2019re working to make sure that there as secure as they can be, and then we are in turn working to make sure that American information that might flow across those networks protects the American people\u2019s privacy.\"<\/p>",
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