Australia,the US and New Zealand have all banned the telecommunications manufacturer because of security fears.
The UK is poised to make its decision,nearly 12 months overdue,within the next fortnight and appears to be paving the way for Huawei involvement,despite intense lobbying from the US.
The Americans have threatened to withhold Five Eyes intelligence if Huawei is allowed into Britain's critical infrastructure but the EU's new trade commissioner Phil Hogan said he doubted this was true.
"I think that is a bit of sabre-rattling. I don’t think that will actually happen,"Hogan told a Global Counsel trade conference via video-link from Washington DC.
"We can call[Trump’s] bluff on that one,the US laying down conditions over Huawei."
In recent years,the EU has had to navigate its relationship with a growing China amid a backlash against Beijing's trade and technology practices by the US.
Hogan said Europe would never adopt a company-ban when it came to Huawei and said trade had to be fair.