Warner stresses long-term Huawei risks as part of intensifying challenge from China

Senate Intelligence ranking member Mark Warner (D-VA) on Monday warned against conflating trade and security policy when it comes to potential cyber risks from Chinese telecom firms like Huawei, while explaining how his evaluation of China's threat to the United States has changed dramatically over the past few years.

The Trump administration “is right, the status quo is not working” with China, Warner said at a Council on Foreign Relations event.

“But we need an alternate strategy” for confronting...