Recent concerns over the vulnerabilities that 5G will create and the potential for breaches in data privacy have caused many democratic countries to reduce their dependence on Huawei. On 4 September 2020, Belgrade committed to an American agreement not to use 5G equipment from untrusted vendors, largely interpreted to mean the Chinese tech giant. However, a week later, a Huawei Tech Centre opened in Serbia. Belgrade justified the continued partnership by interpreting “untrusted vendors” to mean shoddy craftsmanship, making the partnership between Huawei and the state-owned Telecom Serbia a reasonable step to take to ensure the development and implementation of 5G in Serbia. According to Chinese law, Huawei could be required to provide private data to the Chinese government.