The UK’s Observer newspaper has reported that Huawei has received confidential assurances that its continued presence in the UK will be condoned despite the government’s recent U-turn, which saw its future involvement in the country’s 5G infrastructure being blocked. The reports do not come as a surprise. Huawei is, after all, still poised to build a $1bn R&D center near Cambridge, having been granted planning permission in June 2020 by the local government council. The official public reason for the volte-face was that, as we reported last week, the USA had introduced the FDPR (Foreign-Produced Direct Product Rule) since the earlier decision granting Huawei a limited role in the UK’s 5G networks. FDPR barred Huawei from using chips made with…