Keith Krach, U.S. undersecretary of state for economic affairs, said he had met German officials and executives during his current tour of Europe.

"We are seeing things moving in the right direction in Germany ... There is really no future with Huawei," he told reporters during an online forum.

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(Reporting by Robin Emmott and Toby Sterling, editing by Marine Strauss)