Clyde Prestowitz May 30 U.S. was afraid that through Huawei China would essentially control 5G networks worldwide. A great U.S. weakness is that it does not have a 5G telecommunications company. Ericsson of Sweden and Nokia of Finland are the only western corporations in the game. Washington wanted to stop Huawei and hope that Nokia and Ericsson could take advantage. Indeed, that seems to be what is happening.