US Chinese equipment ban halts subsea cable bid 18 June 2021 | Natalie Bannerman

The East Micronesia Cable, a $72.6 million project led by the World Bank, has declined a bid by a prospective Chinese vendor due to security concerns.

According to Reuters, the 2,000km system connecting the Pacific islands of Kiribati, Micronesia and Nauru, before interconnecting with the existing HANTRU1 Cable System, stalled in its negotiations to award a subsea cable supplier, after the Pacific island governments took note of the warnings from the US, that participation of a Chinese company posed a potential security threat.…

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