In the ongoing drama surrounding the transition to a new presidency in the USA, the potential impact on the ‘5G race’ is one of many unknowns. The Trump administration took a hard-line approach to trade and security battles with China, of course, and 5G became one of the high profile fights that took place within that context. The incoming Biden administration may take a more conventionally diplomatic approach, and even pull back from some of the strongest sanctions against Chinese technology companies, notably the ban on access – for Huawei in particular, or any of its component suppliers – to US technology. But a complete change of policy, or a significant relaxation of the sanctions, is highly unlikely in the…