When the police come and ask for whatever, as long as it is in accordance with the laws of Hong Kong, they have to comply, this can conflict with the expectations people have of their multinationals back in their home country.

Steve Tsang

[ The The UK announcement ] is quite a significant achievement on the part of Huawei, which they will then use to show other potential parties that if The UK is comfortable enough, then they should feel comfortable as well.