{"id":23121,"date":"2020-12-03T12:00:27","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T12:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/?p=23121"},"modified":"2021-01-15T14:51:38","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T14:51:38","slug":"the-clean-networks-momentum-and-secret-sauce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/the-clean-networks-momentum-and-secret-sauce\/","title":{"rendered":"The Clean Network&#8217;s Momentum and Secret Sauce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><i><span style=\"font-size: 30px;\">The Clean Network&#8217;s Momentum and Secret Sauce<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>A three article\u00a0series containing seven parts\u00a0on The Clean Network<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/how-the-clean-network-alliance-of-democracies-turned-the-tide-on-huawei-in-5g\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>First<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&lt;&lt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/the-clean-network-on-human-rights-and-environment\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Previous<\/strong><\/a> &lt;&lt;\u00a0<strong>The Clean Network&#8217;s Momentum and Secret Sauce<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/em>by\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/author\/michaelmink\/\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Mink<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: 25px;\">Part VI<\/span><i><span style=\"font-size: 25px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><\/b><b><i><span style=\"font-size: 25px;\">The Clean Network\u2019s Rolling Thunder<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Leadership is defined by Momentum<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">April 29, 2020, Secretary Pompeo announced that, as part of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, the State Department will require a &#8220;Clean Path&#8221; for all standalone 5G network traffic entering and exiting U.S. diplomatic facilities at home and abroad.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">May 18, 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2020\/may\/18\/trump-official-says-us-scored-5g-trifecta-competit\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the 5G Trifecta<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> announced which represents the execution of the crucial onshoring of TSMC\u2019s semiconductors, locking down on Huawei\u2019s advanced semiconductors and the global roll out of the Clean Path stratagem three major accomplishments achieved early in the Clean Network campaign.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"width: 90%; float: center; margin-left: 25px; margin-right: 25px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>The Opening Gambit \u2013 The 5G Trifecta\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Washington Times headline read <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cU.S. scored &#8216;5G trifecta&#8217; in competition with China\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The execution of the crucial onshoring of TSMC\u2019s semiconductors, the critical locking down of advanced semiconductors from Huawei and strategic rolling out the innovative Clean Path strategy put Huawei immediately on the defensive. This trifecta of accomplishments served as the launchpad for Krach\u2019s Clean Network team and will safeguard the security of America\u2019s technological assets for years to come.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>First,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Krach\u2019s team partnered with the Commerce Department to secure an historic announcement from TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) that it will build the world\u2019s most advanced five-nanometer chip fabrication facility in Arizona. <\/span><b>This not only represents the largest onshoring in American history but a quantum leap forward in securing the semiconductor supply chain and 5G security for the United States and its partners.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It ensures that the chips powering everything from smartphones, to 5G base stations, to advanced artificial intelligence will be \u201cMade in America.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The decision by one of the world\u2019s largest manufacturers of semiconductors to build a $12 billion plant in Arizona is a \u201cgame-changer\u201d for the U.S. high-tech industry and for national security in the competition against China, according to the Washington Times. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The New York Times<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> called a win for the Trump administration, which has called for building up U.S. manufacturing capabilities and has criticized the fragility of a tech supply chain heavily centered in China.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Second,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the State Department successfully launched its 5G Clean Path initiative, three weeks prior, which requires all 5G data entering or exiting facilities to transit only through trusted equipment, and never through from untrusted vendors such as Huawei and ZTE. The 5G Trifecta announcement marked the beginning of the Clean Path the roll out to other U.S. federal agencies, companies, and other nations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many industry leading companies and countries like Japan, Albania and Taiwan have already adopted the Clean Path and Poland Prime Minister Morawiecki <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">called on all countries<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and companies, especially the Europeans, to adopt a Clean Path to secure their 5G networks. It is expected that the U.S. Department of Defense will require a Clean Path for its military bases and U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchison has called for a 5G Clean NATO Network with a Clean Path feeding into its military bases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The genius behind Krach team\u2019s Clean Path stratagem was raising the cost for the telco operators who were contemplating Huawei 5G by creating a critical mass of network traffic from their customers that required that all sources feeding into it had to run on only trusted equipment.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Third<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by teaming up with the Commerce Department again Krach\u2019s State Department team succeeded in expanding the Foreign Direct Product Rule to prevent Huawei from dodging U.S. export controls.\u00a0 Six months before, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) sent a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bipartisan letter<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to President Trump because they were concerned about Commerce Department saying it would issue quite a few licenses to allow U.S. firms to conduct business with Huawei. They were joined on the letter by over a dozen Senators on both sides of the aisle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This third prong of the 5G Trifecta prevents advanced technology from falling into the hands of Huawei and the Chinese Communist Party. <\/span><b>It would block Huawei\u2019s access to advanced semiconductors required for 5G and sophisticated smartphones. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It would be so successful that Huawei was forced to sell their smartphone business used with 5G, six months later.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The execution of the crucial onshoring of TSMC\u2019s semiconductors, locking down on Huawei\u2019s advanced semiconductors and the global roll out of the Clean Path stratagem, is why May 15, 2020 will be remembered as the day Huawei was put on the defensive.<\/span><b> Because of <\/b><b>the 5G Trifecta<\/b><b> \u201cthe surveillance state\u201d was now back peddling and the Clean Network team was playing offense and would not let go of the ball.<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">June 3, 2020, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/canadian-major-telcos-effectively-lock-huawei-out-of-5g-build\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Canadian major telcos<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> effectively lock <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Huawei out of 5G build. The decision of Bell and TELUS to shift to Ericsson and Nokia has left Huawei with no major carrier customers in Canada.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">June 24, 2020, Telef\u00f3nica CEO and Chairman Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda declares, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/the-tide-is-turning-from-huawei-toward-trusted-5g-vendors-pompeo_3402528.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTelef\u00f3nica is proud to be a 5G Clean Network company.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Telef\u00f3nica Spain and O2 (UK) are fully clean networks, and Telef\u00f3nica Deutschland (Germany) and Vivo (Brazil) will be soon without equipment from any untrusted vendors.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">June 25, 2020, Under Secretary of State Krach welcomes the Czech Republic, Norway, Poland, Estonia, Romania, Denmark, Greece, New Zealand, Japan, Australia, Israel, and Latvia as members of Clean Network.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">June 29, 2020, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.datacenterdynamics.com\/en\/news\/singapore-finalizes-5g-contract-winners-nokia-and-ericsson-named-suppliers\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Huawei Loses Out<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Singapore 5G Bid. Nokia and Ericsson chosen as Singapore&#8217;s 5G network providers.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">July 14, 2020, United Kingdom announces plans to ban Huawei from future 5G networks <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/07\/14\/tech\/huawei-uk-ban\/index.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in rapid about-face.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Specifically, UK mobile providers are being banned from buying new Huawei 5G equipment after December 31.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">July 15, 2020, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">United States <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world-news\/us-secretary-of-state-mike-pompeo-welcome-news-that-the-uk-plans-to-ban-chinas-huawei-from-future-5g-networks-2262884\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hailed Britain&#8217;s decision<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to ban Huawei as it joins the Clean Network.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">July 22, 2020, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-france-huawei-5g-security-exclusive\/exclusive-french-limits-on-huawei-5g-equipment-amount-to-de-facto-ban-by-2028-idUSKCN24N26R\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">French authorities<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">effectively banned Huawei by telling <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">telecoms operators planning to buy Huawei <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that they won\u2019t be able to renew licenses for the gear once they expire.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">July 23, 2020, Secretary of State Pompeo urged countries to become Clean Countries so that their citizens&#8217; personal information doesn\u2019t end up in the hand of the Chinese Communist Party.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">August 5, 2020, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/secretary-michael-r-pompeo-at-a-press-availability-10\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Expansion of the Clean Network<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to include Clean Carrier, Clean Store, Clean Apps, Clean Cloud, and Clean Cable.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"width: 90%; float: center; margin-left: 25px; margin-right: 25px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b><\/b><b><\/b><b>Expansion of the Clean Network<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The alignment around the Clean Network is about countries and companies choosing freedom versus authoritarianism. Huawei along with its CCP appendages\u2014like cloud and apps and cables\u2014create the Orwellian big brother state which extends the great one-way China firewall, where data comes in but not out and, reciprocally, propaganda goes out, but the truth doesn\u2019t come in. The full set of Clean Network initiatives includes:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-23132\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Clean-Carrier-200x130.jpg\" alt=\"Clean Carrier\" width=\"100\" height=\"65\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Clean-Carrier-200x130.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Clean-Carrier-324x211.jpg 324w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Clean-Carrier.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>Clean Carrier: To ensure untrusted People\u2019s Republic of China (PRC) carriers are not connected with telecommunications networks. Such companies pose a danger to national security and should not provide international telecommunications services to and from the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-23135\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Clean-Store-200x130.jpg\" alt=\"Clean Store\" width=\"100\" height=\"65\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Clean-Store-200x130.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Clean-Store-324x211.jpg 324w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Clean-Store.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>Clean Store: To remove untrusted applications from mobile app stores. PRC apps threaten privacy, proliferate viruses, and disinformation. Personal and business information must be protected from exploitation and theft for the CCP\u2019s benefit. India has already banned 106 Chinese apps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-23130\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Clean-Apps-200x130.jpg\" alt=\"Clean Apps\" width=\"100\" height=\"65\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Clean-Apps-200x130.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Clean-Apps-324x211.jpg 324w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Clean-Apps.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>Clean Apps: To prevent untrusted PRC smartphone manufacturers from pre-installing or downloading trusted <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">applications <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on their apps store. Huawei is trading on the reputations of leading companies and should remove their apps from Huawei\u2019s store to ensure not partnering with a human rights abuser.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-23133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Clean-Cloud-200x130.jpg\" alt=\"Clean Cloud\" width=\"100\" height=\"65\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Clean-Cloud-200x130.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Clean-Cloud-324x211.jpg 324w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Clean-Cloud.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>Clean Cloud: To prevent U.S. citizens\u2019 most sensitive personal information and our businesses\u2019 most valuable intellectual property from being stored and processed on cloud-based systems accessible to our foreign adversaries through companies such as Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-23131\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Clean-Cable-200x130.jpg\" alt=\"Clean Cable\" width=\"100\" height=\"65\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Clean-Cable-200x130.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Clean-Cable-324x211.jpg 324w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Clean-Cable.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>Clean Cable: To ensure the undersea cables connecting our country to the global internet are not subverted for intelligence gathering by the PRC at hyper scale. We will also work with foreign partners to ensure that undersea cables around the world aren\u2019t similarly subject to compromise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-23134\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Clean-Path-200x130.jpg\" alt=\"Clean Path\" width=\"100\" height=\"65\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Clean-Path-200x130.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Clean-Path-324x211.jpg 324w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Clean-Path.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>Clean Path: To secure data traveling on 5G networks into diplomatic facilities overseas and ensure it only passes through clean equipment from trusted providers. This protects against access by Chinese companies, which are obliged to hand over data and information to the state without any controls.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">August 6, 2020, President Trump signed two Executive Orders exercising his authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to address the threats posed by apps such as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/TikTok\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TikTok<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/WeChat\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WeChat<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">August 10, 2020, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/financialpost.com\/pmn\/business-pmn\/u-s-sees-more-support-for-clean-network-plan-to-counter-china\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Clean Network grows to 30 Clean Countries<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Territories along with some of largest telecommunications companies, including Orange in France, Reliance in India, Telstra in Australia, SK and KT in Korea, Cosmote in Greece, NTT in Japan, O2 in the UK and all telcos in Canada, Norway, Vietnam, and Taiwan.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">August 24, 2020, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/55642551-f6e8-4f9d-b5ba-a12d2fc26ef9\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India phases out<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> equipment from Chinese companies<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from its telecom\u2019s networks over an escalating border dispute, striking a fresh blow to the beleaguered Huawei in one of its most important markets.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Taiwan<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">September 18, 2020, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3102162\/us-diplomat-keith-krach-meets-taiwanese-leaders-new-dialogue\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Krach became the highest-ranking State Department official since 1979 to visit Taiwan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He was there to represent the U.S. at the funeral of former President Lee. Krach welcomed Taiwan to the Clean Network with Taiwan President Tsai. \u201cTaiwan is a great partner, a great friend,\u201d Krach said. \u201cThey&#8217;re a role model for capitalism and democracy in that part of the world.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23140\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23140\" style=\"width: 799px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23140\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tsai-Chang.jpg\" alt=\"Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, U.S. Undersecretary for Economic Affairs Keith Krach and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) founder Morris Chang attend a banquet for the U.S. delegation in Taipei, Taiwan September 18, 2020. Taiwan Presidential Office\/Handout via REUTERS\" width=\"799\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tsai-Chang.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tsai-Chang-230x130.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tsai-Chang-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tsai-Chang-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tsai-Chang-696x391.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tsai-Chang-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23140\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, U.S. Undersecretary for Economic Affairs Keith Krach and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) founder Morris Chang attend a banquet for the U.S. delegation in Taipei, Taiwan September 18, 2020. Taiwan Presidential Office\/Handout via REUTERS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Europe<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23141\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23141\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Estonia-Krach-and-Kaljulaid-500x250.jpg\" alt=\"Under Secretary Krach with Estonia\u2019s President, Kersti Kaljulaid.\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Estonia-Krach-and-Kaljulaid-500x250.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Estonia-Krach-and-Kaljulaid-230x115.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Estonia-Krach-and-Kaljulaid-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Estonia-Krach-and-Kaljulaid-696x348.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Estonia-Krach-and-Kaljulaid-1068x534.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Estonia-Krach-and-Kaljulaid-840x420.jpg 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23141\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Under Secretary Krach with Estonia\u2019s President, Kersti Kaljulaid.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">September 22, 2020, U.S. Under Secretary of State Keith Krach and Clean <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Network <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbreak.com\/news\/2067126424978\/us-department-of-state-under-secretary-keith-krachs-travel-to-europe\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">European Clean Network tour begins.<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">including EU and NATO headquarters, to discuss the growing momentum toward clean 5G infrastructure and the goal of building a Transatlantic Clean Network.<\/span><\/b><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23197\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23197\" style=\"width: 432px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23197\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Austria-Krach-with-Minister-K\u00f6stinger-432x290.jpg\" alt=\"Under Secretary Krach with Austrian Federal Minister Elisabeth K\u00f6stinger\" width=\"432\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Austria-Krach-with-Minister-K\u00f6stinger-432x290.jpg 432w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Austria-Krach-with-Minister-K\u00f6stinger-194x130.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Austria-Krach-with-Minister-K\u00f6stinger-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Austria-Krach-with-Minister-K\u00f6stinger-696x467.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Austria-Krach-with-Minister-K\u00f6stinger-626x420.jpg 626w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Austria-Krach-with-Minister-K\u00f6stinger.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23197\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Under Secretary Krach with Austrian Federal Minister Elisabeth K\u00f6stinger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b><b><\/b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">September 23, 2020, Krach meets with President <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kersti_Kaljulaid\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kersti Kaljulaid<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Estonia\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Estonia<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The Estonian delegation committed to implement the EU 5G Clean Toolbox and welcomed the 5G Clean Path initiative.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">September 28, 2020, Krach and Austrian Federal Minister Elisabeth K\u00f6stinger elevate <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/at.usembassy.gov\/under-secretary-keith-krach-in-vienna\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U.S.-Austria partnership<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the next level in multiple areas of economic collaboration by safeguarding 5G from \u201chigh-risk\u201d vendors through the Clean Network and the EU 5G Clean Toolbox.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">September 30, 2020 \u2013 U.S. Under Secretary of State Krach and EU Commissioner Thierry Breton issued a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/commissioners\/2019-2024\/breton\/announcements\/meeting-between-us-under-secretary-state-krach-and-commissioner-breton-secure-telecommunications_en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">joint statement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the synergies between the Clean Network and the EU 5G Clean <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toolbox. Toolbox meets criteria for being part of the Clean Network.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>September 30, 2020 \u2013 NATO seeks a 5G Clean NATO Network due to the strategic importance of having a non-fractured alliance. On September 30, 2020, NATO Deputy Secretary General\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mircea_Geoana\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mircea Geoana<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0U.S. Under Secretary of State Krach discuss the progress of the 25 NATO countries that have committed to being Clean Countries.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 90%; float: center; margin-left: 25px; margin-right: 25px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Securing the Transatlantic Alliance\u2014NATO and the European Union<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_23143\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23143\" style=\"width: 434px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23143\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Breton-Krach-434x290.jpg\" alt=\"Krach and EU Breton meet on the importance of EU and U.S. partnership for securing telecommunications infrastructure--September 30, 2020, Brussels, Belgium.\" width=\"434\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Breton-Krach-434x290.jpg 434w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Breton-Krach-195x130.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Breton-Krach-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Breton-Krach-696x465.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Breton-Krach-1068x713.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Breton-Krach-629x420.jpg 629w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23143\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Krach and EU Breton meet on the importance of EU and U.S. partnership for securing telecommunications infrastructure&#8211;September 30, 2020, Brussels, Belgium.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On September 30, 2020, Krach and EU Commissioner Thierry Breton issued a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/commissioners\/2019-2024\/breton\/announcements\/meeting-between-us-under-secretary-state-krach-and-commissioner-breton-secure-telecommunications_en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">joint statement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the synergies between the Clean Network and the EU 5G Clean Toolbox, stating that the Toolbox meets defined criteria for being part of the Clean Network.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They also sought ways to further advance U.S.-EU digital cooperation and secure technology supply chains. They stated that this is essential to protect peoples\u2019 personal data, companies\u2019 intellectual property, and national security. According to their discussions, both the Clean Network program and the 5G Toolbox share the same goal of developing, deploying, and commercializing 5G networks based on the principles of free competition, transparency, and the rule of law. Under Secretary Keith Krach and Commissioner Thierry Breton urged stakeholders to carefully weigh the long-term impact of allowing \u201chigh-risk suppliers\u201d access \u2013 directly or indirectly \u2013 to their 5G networks when building their telecommunications infrastructure and services.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23144\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Clean-Network-Map.jpg\" alt=\"Clean Network Map\" width=\"809\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Clean-Network-Map.jpg 809w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Clean-Network-Map-230x128.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Clean-Network-Map-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Clean-Network-Map-500x278.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Clean-Network-Map-696x387.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Clean-Network-Map-755x420.jpg 755w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 809px) 100vw, 809px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NATO Deputy Secretary General <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mircea_Geoana\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mircea Geoana<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> noted that 25 NATO countries have committed to being Clean Countries. He emphasized the strategic importance of having a secure 5G Clean NATO Network, which is non-fractured, because, he said, &#8220;the Alliance is only as strong as its weakest link.&#8221; He also praised the U.S.-EU joint statement on the synergies between the Clean Network and the EU 5G Clean Toolbox.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_23145\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23145\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-23145 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Krach-and-Mircea-Geoana-500x284.jpg\" alt=\"Under Secretary Krach with NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana.\" width=\"500\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Krach-and-Mircea-Geoana-500x284.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Krach-and-Mircea-Geoana-230x130.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Krach-and-Mircea-Geoana-768x436.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Krach-and-Mircea-Geoana-696x395.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Krach-and-Mircea-Geoana-1068x607.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Krach-and-Mircea-Geoana-739x420.jpg 739w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23145\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Under Secretary Krach with NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_23147\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23147\" style=\"width: 218px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23147\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Spain-Sanchez-Spain-Secretary-of-State-for-Telecommunications-218x290.jpg\" alt=\"Under Secretary Krach with Spain\u2019s Roberto Sanchez\" width=\"218\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Spain-Sanchez-Spain-Secretary-of-State-for-Telecommunications-218x290.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Spain-Sanchez-Spain-Secretary-of-State-for-Telecommunications-98x130.jpg 98w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Spain-Sanchez-Spain-Secretary-of-State-for-Telecommunications-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Spain-Sanchez-Spain-Secretary-of-State-for-Telecommunications-696x928.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Spain-Sanchez-Spain-Secretary-of-State-for-Telecommunications-315x420.jpg 315w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Spain-Sanchez-Spain-Secretary-of-State-for-Telecommunications.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Under Secretary Krach with Spain\u2019s Roberto Sanchez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">October 1, 2020, Portugal commits to implementing the EU 5G Clean Toolbox, joins Clean Network.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">October 2, 2020, Spain commits to implementing the EU 5G Clean Toolbox, joins Clean Network. Meetings with Spain\u2019s Secretary of State for Telecommunications, Roberto S\u00e1nchez about the need to guarantee the security of those networks secured Spain\u2019s membership in the Clean Network.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">October 3, 2020, Albania: Prime Minister <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/kryeministria.al\/en\/newsroom\/nje-dite-e-shenuar-ne-marredheniet-e-miqesise-dhe-partneritetit-me-shtetet-e-bashkuara-te-amerikes\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Edi Rama stated, &#8220;Albania sees<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> its role in the region not just as a constructive role in building peace and strengthening<\/span><\/span>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23148\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23148\" style=\"width: 483px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23148\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Albania-Rama-Remarks-483x290.jpg\" alt=\"Krach and Albania Prime Minister Rama hold Clean network press conference\" width=\"483\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Albania-Rama-Remarks-483x290.jpg 483w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Albania-Rama-Remarks-217x130.jpg 217w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Albania-Rama-Remarks-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Albania-Rama-Remarks-696x418.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Albania-Rama-Remarks-1068x641.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Albania-Rama-Remarks-700x420.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Albania-Rama-Remarks.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23148\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Krach and Albania Prime Minister Rama hold Clean network press conference<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dialogue, but as a proactive role in the 5G Clean Path.&#8221; In addition to Albania\u2019s commitment to 5G Clean Path, Under Secretary Krach and Albania\u2019s Finance Minister Anila Denaj signed a Memorandum of Economic Cooperation, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WQ9IzJMr5fs\">laying the foundation on 5G security.<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">October 4, 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/a-huawei-turning-point-11601680165\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Germany <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">prepares legislation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> effectively ban the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Huawei <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from its 5G network.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 90%; float: center; margin-left: 25px; margin-right: 25px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b><\/b><b>Germany \u2013 A Huawei Turning Point<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dub-magazin.de\/digitalisierung\/keith-krach-interview-usa-china\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\nIn Krach\u2019s efforts to get Germany on board<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, he started with the importance of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bundesregierung.de\/breg-en\/chancellor\/basic-law-470510#:~:text=Article%201%20%5BHuman%20dignity%5D,of%20justice%20in%20the%20world.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Article 1 of German Basic Law<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which states that, &#8220;Human dignity shall be inviolable. To respect and protect it shall be the duty of all state authority.\u201d The German publication, Handelsblatt, emphasizes that the Krach speaks the language of diplomacy, he does not threaten, but appeals to the conscience of the Germans.\u00a0 He calls Huawei &#8220;the backbone of the Chinese police state&#8221; and holds the company jointly responsible for the persecution of minorities and critics of the regime.\u00a0He expressed the hope that Germany would join the Clean Network and once again defend its high standards of trust.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b><i>\u201cIt\u2019s good news\u2026that Berlin soon will address the security risk posed by the Chinese telecom companies.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014The Wall Street Journal, 10\/4\/2020<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In his meetings with German executives, he encouraged them to, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dub-magazin.de\/management\/the-rising-star-keith-krach\/2\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201clearn from our mistakes in American industry.\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Krach believes the U.S. gave up a staggering quantity of intellectual property to China, and fell victim to forced technology transfer, theft, deception, intimidation, and financial seduction. This is why I now tell my fellow global CEOs, \u201cCorporate responsibility is national security.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23149\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tim-Hottges-500x242.png\" alt=\"Tim Hottges\" width=\"500\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tim-Hottges-500x242.png 500w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tim-Hottges-230x111.png 230w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tim-Hottges-768x371.png 768w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tim-Hottges-696x337.png 696w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tim-Hottges-1068x516.png 1068w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tim-Hottges-869x420.png 869w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tim-Hottges.png 1938w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>Krach says that during his 30 years as CEO in Silicon Valley, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=24&amp;v=3UGglSzAPfc&amp;feature=emb_logo\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he has always admired Germany<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for implementing the top digital trust standards in the world for security, privacy, reliability, and quality. He encouraged German executives to rise up in defense of those standards. The implications on security are enormous as Germany\u2019s economic and personal lives will flow over 5G networks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Progress was evident as Germany, after initial resistance, committed to implementing the EU 5G Clean Toolbox. Krach reports Germany will be issuing regulations that will result in the exclusion of Huawei in their country, which is Europe&#8217;s largest market. Krach feels the tide turned for Germany because of three factors:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First, the European Union\u2019s strong stance on implementing high-risk 5G suppliers stated in the Clean EU 5G Cybersecurity Toolbox provisions for telco operator\u2019s boards of directors.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b><i>\u201cCrucial to have a 5G Clean NATO Network which is non-fractured, because the Alliance is only as strong as its weakest link.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014 NATO Deputy Secretary General Geoana, 9\/30\/2020<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Second, NATO\u2019s concerns as reflected by Deputy Secretary General Geoana: \u201cWe can&#8217;t afford to have a fractured NATO because we need the 5G civilian networks in peacetime and war. We can&#8217;t afford to have some (countries) that have trusted vendors and some that have untrusted vendors.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Third, Germany could see the momentum building around the world for the Clean Network.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">October 8, 2020, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/5g\/news\/orange-and-proximus-in-belgium-to-replace-huawei-mobile-gear-with-nokia-kit\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luxembourg and Belgium announce<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> replacement of Huawei, join the Clean Network.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Belgian capital, Brussels, is home to the European Union&#8217;s executive body and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-orange-nokia-security-5g\/huawei-ousted-from-heart-of-eu-as-nokia-wins-belgian-5g-contracts-idUSKBN26U0YY\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has been 100% reliant on Chinese vendors<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for its radio networks. Belgium has now awarded their 5G contracts to Nokia instead of Huawei to complete their transition to a Clean Country.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">October 14, 2020 \u2013 Clean Network grows to over 40 Clean Countries, and 50 Clean Telcos.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_23150\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23150\" style=\"width: 220px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cyprus.jpg\" alt=\"Krach signing with Cyprus Minister Kyriacos Kokkinos\" width=\"220\" height=\"147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cyprus.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cyprus-195x130.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cyprus-218x147.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23150\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Krach signing with Cyprus Minister Kyriacos Kokkinos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">October 17, 2020 &#8211; Clean Network adds industry leaders as Clean Companies including Oracle, HP, , NEC, Fujitsu, Cisco, NTT, Siemans and VMware.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialmirror.com\/2020\/10\/21\/cyprus-us-inventing-the-future\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">October 20, 2020, Cyprus<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> joins Clean Network. Krach and Cyprus Minister for Digital Policy, Kyriacos Kokkinos, sign a memorandum of understanding regarding &#8220;Clean&#8221; technologies in Cyprus.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">October 21, 2020, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ee.usembassy.gov\/2020-10-21\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three Seas Initiative announced<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> support for Support for the Clean Network at annual conference in Estonia. Under Secretary of State Krach said, &#8220;Countries and companies are terrified of China\u2019s retaliation. The CCP cannot retaliate against everyone. That is where the EU comes in, the Transatlantic Alliance comes in, NATO comes in. The bottom line is the tide has turned. Countries and companies now understand that the central issue is not about technology, but trust.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_23151\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23151\" style=\"width: 437px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23151\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kosovo-437x290.png\" alt=\"Under Secretary Krach receives gift from Kosovo Prime Minister Hoti at signing ceremony\" width=\"437\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kosovo-437x290.png 437w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kosovo-196x130.png 196w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kosovo-633x420.png 633w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kosovo.png 659w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23151\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Under Secretary Krach receives gift from Kosovo Prime Minister Hoti at signing ceremony<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">October 23, 2020, \u2013 U.S. Under Secretary of State Krach signs <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-bulgaria-usa-5g-idUSKBN2782X9\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">three Clean Network memorandums<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of understanding with Bulgarian Prime Minister Borisov, Kosovo Prime Minister Hoti, and North Macedonia Prime Minister Zaev<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">October 23, 2020, Slovak Republic signs Joint Declaration on 5G Security, joins Clean Network.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">October 31, 2020, Clean Network grows to 49 country members, representing two-thirds of global economic output. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2020-10-30\/u-s-sees-more-support-for-clean-network-plan-to-counter-china\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bloomberg says<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b><b><i>\u201cThe success of the Clean Network has taken all the momentum away from Huawei, six months ago it looked like Huawei was unstoppable.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b><b><b><b><i>November 11, 2020,<a href=\"https:\/\/br.usembassy.gov\/under-secretary-keith-krachs-5g-policy-remarks-in-brazil\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Brazil becomes 50th Country<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to join Clean Network. <\/span><b><i>\u201cA Clean 5G Network is not just about cell phones; it is about critical manufacturing processes, oil and gas platforms, and power networks, sanitation systems and internet of things.\u201d<\/i><\/b> <b>\u2013 CEO of Siemens Latin America<\/b><\/i><\/b><\/b><\/b><\/b>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_23152\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23152\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23152\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brazil.jpg\" alt=\"Brazil becomes 50th country to join Clean Network\" width=\"1280\" height=\"855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brazil.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brazil-195x130.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brazil-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brazil-434x290.jpg 434w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brazil-696x465.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brazil-1068x713.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brazil-629x420.jpg 629w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brazil becomes 50th country to join Clean Network<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_23153\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23153\" style=\"width: 314px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23153\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ecuador-314x290.png\" alt=\"Ecuador President Moreno: \u201cWe support the principles of the Clean Network.\u201d\" width=\"314\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ecuador-314x290.png 314w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ecuador-141x130.png 141w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ecuador.png 444w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23153\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ecuador President Moreno: \u201cWe support the principles of the Clean Network.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">November 14, 2020, Ecuador joins Clean Network. <\/span><b><i>\u201cEcuador is focusing on promoting economic growth through digital transformation. The trust guaranteed by the Clean Network could accelerate our efforts to promote economic growth while guaranteeing our national security.\u201d<\/i><\/b> <b>\u2013 Fernando Flores, President of the Committee on National Security.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">N<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ovember 17, 2020,\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/do.usembassy.gov\/category\/press-releases\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">President Luis Abinader announces<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Dominican Republic as a member of the Clean network and guaranteeing supply chains of secure technologies based on reliable, internationally accepted digital technology standards, through the joining of the Clean Network.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_23154\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23154\" style=\"width: 1696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23154\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dominican-Republic.jpg\" alt=\"President Luis Abinader announces Dominican Republic as a member of the Clean Network\" width=\"1696\" height=\"596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dominican-Republic.jpg 1696w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dominican-Republic-230x81.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dominican-Republic-768x270.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dominican-Republic-500x176.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dominican-Republic-696x245.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dominican-Republic-1068x375.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dominican-Republic-1195x420.jpg 1195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1696px) 100vw, 1696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Luis Abinader announces Dominican Republic as a member of the Clean Network<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">November 18, 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/huawei-sells-off-honor-phone-business-as-u-s-sanctions-bite-11605609850\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Huawei Sells Off<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Honor Phone Business to a state-led consortium as U.S. sanctions bite.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: 25px;\">Part VII<\/span><i><span style=\"font-size: 25px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><\/b><b><i><span style=\"font-size: 25px;\">The Secret Sauce Behind the Clean Network<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 90%; float: center; margin-left: 25px; margin-right: 25px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b><\/b><b>Transformational Leadership Key to Clean Network Success<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Krach was asked in January 2019 before he was nominated as Under Secretary of State and just named The Harvard Business School 2019 Business Leader of the Year for his Transformational Leadership in Business, Technology, Education and Social Causes, how he would describe what a transformational leader is?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23155\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mitch-Daniels_Inarticle-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mitch Daniels\" width=\"1240\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mitch-Daniels_Inarticle-1.jpg 1240w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mitch-Daniels_Inarticle-1-230x111.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mitch-Daniels_Inarticle-1-768x372.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mitch-Daniels_Inarticle-1-500x242.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mitch-Daniels_Inarticle-1-696x337.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mitch-Daniels_Inarticle-1-1068x517.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mitch-Daniels_Inarticle-1-868x420.jpg 868w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1240px) 100vw, 1240px\" \/>He replied, \u201cTransformational leader\u201d isn\u2019t a title or a credential. It is an array of actions, traits and values aligned to make a positive difference in people\u2019s lives. Transformational leaders are principled, visionary leaders who can dream big dreams, challenge the status quo, motivate and empower diverse teams to tackle difficult challenges that inspire a noble mission to reinvent the future that makes the planet a better place for everyone.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Krach, \u201cWe face big challenges today with technologies changing our world at breakneck speeds and increasingly complex world problems. Democracies are under attack from authoritarian states today than at any other time in modern history. These challenges all cry out for principled, visionary leaders who can mobilize people to dream up innovative solutions and shape the future in ways that will benefit us all.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This might make it sound like you\u2019ve got to be doing something big to be a transformational leader, and that\u2019s not true. We have big challenges ahead, and we need people to take them on. However, in the end, Krach believes that transformational leadership is for anyone with an honorable mission who wants to make a significant impact. Because everyone has a noble cause burning within them, it\u2019s all about making a difference\u2014a small difference, a big difference, but most importantly, a meaningful difference in other people\u2019s lives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23156\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stanley-McChrystal.jpg\" alt=\"Stanley McChrystal\" width=\"1240\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stanley-McChrystal.jpg 1240w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stanley-McChrystal-230x111.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stanley-McChrystal-768x372.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stanley-McChrystal-500x242.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stanley-McChrystal-696x337.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stanley-McChrystal-1068x517.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Stanley-McChrystal-868x420.jpg 868w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1240px) 100vw, 1240px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 90%; float: center; margin-left: 25px; margin-right: 25px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Build a High-Performance Team<br \/>\n<\/b><b><b>Organization with Best people wins<\/b><\/b><b>A Safe Environment<br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With all that in place, Krach believes building a safe environment, where everyone knows there\u2019s no such thing as a bad idea (unless it\u2019s the CEO\u2019s) will foster the creativity, transparency and risk taking that\u2019s needed to succeed.<\/span><b>Crystal Clear Direction<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, having a crystal-clear direction is essential to staying focused on working\u2014and winning\u2014as a team.<\/span><b>The Playbook<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The real centerpiece of Krach\u2019s leadership and management approach is building what the team\u2019s Playbook. It might be an \u201ce-Procurement\u201d playbook, or a \u201cBuilt to Last\u201d playbook, or a \u201cMentorship at Scale\u201d playbook, or a \u201cClean Network\u201d playbook, depending on the organization and the mission, but it\u2019s always the same general outline, with the same elements:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mission, Vision, Values, Team Rules, Goals, and Strategy, all boiled down to Execution. The image below shows Krach\u2019s playbooks for Ariba, DocuSign, and Global Mentor Network, along with the State Department\u2019s E-Team playbook for the Clean Network. Same approach every time.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That shared playbook helps to get everyone working together as a team pulling in the same direction.<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23220\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Playbook-Pyramids.jpg\" alt=\"Playbook Pyramids\" width=\"2909\" height=\"1637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Playbook-Pyramids.jpg 2909w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Playbook-Pyramids-230x130.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Playbook-Pyramids-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Playbook-Pyramids-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Playbook-Pyramids-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Playbook-Pyramids-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Playbook-Pyramids-746x420.jpg 746w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2909px) 100vw, 2909px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 90%; float: center; margin-left: 25px; margin-right: 25px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Build a Powerful Network Effect<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\nHarvard Business School\u2019s former faculty chair of Building New Businesses, Bruce Harreld described Keith Krach as <\/span><b>\u201cA category kingmaker, building four game-changing companies from robotics to engineering software to e-commerce to e-signature and digital transaction management.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Krach has always generated significant shareholder value in the companies he built by creating categories based on trust and constructing viral networks. Even right before he went to run economic diplomacy for the United States, he started the Global Mentor Network which has become an overnight success. It looks like he has applied his transformational leadership skills once again. But this time in his role U.S. Under Secretary of State by spearheading another overnight success&#8211;the Clean Network.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23157\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Leveraged-Growth.png\" alt=\"Leveraged Growth\" width=\"2007\" height=\"1057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Leveraged-Growth.png 2007w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Leveraged-Growth-230x121.png 230w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Leveraged-Growth-768x404.png 768w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Leveraged-Growth-500x263.png 500w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Leveraged-Growth-696x367.png 696w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Leveraged-Growth-1068x562.png 1068w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Leveraged-Growth-797x420.png 797w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2007px) 100vw, 2007px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Krach\u2019s philosophy of building trusted networks has proved successful again and again. Krach used the same approach to build the Ariba Network, the DocuSign Global Trust Network, and the Global Mentor Network.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Krach, \u201cWe offered open platform solutions and were obsessed with ease of use, trust, growth, ecosystem of partners and market power. It was about being the leader leadership because everybody wants to go with the leader. We also knew, leadership is not defined by size it is defined by momentum. \u201cMost important was to focus on a noble mission\u2014profoundly impacting GDP per capita, while delivering fast, frictionless global commerce and improving the sustainability of our planet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23159\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Network-Effect.jpg\" alt=\"Network Effect\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Network-Effect.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Network-Effect-230x130.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Network-Effect-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Network-Effect-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Network-Effect-696x391.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Network-Effect-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe key to solidifying our dominant market leadership positions, we built extensive virtual networks. We followed 4 key principles to maximize viral effects by creating a series of industry, departmental, partner, governmental and international networks built on our open platform that was easy to use and trustworthy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The beauty of building a network is that it accelerates your path to leadership and being the leader brings tremendous advantages. It dramatically increases your ability to de-position your competition, to attract extraordinary talent and partners, draw investment, and deliver unprecedented customer value.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Network category creators experience much faster growth and receive much higher valuations from investors than companies bringing only incremental innovations to market. The objective of the game is to be the \u201cNetwork King\u201d\u2014the company that dominates the market. These companies receive 80% of the resources and market capitalization.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em><br \/>\nThis is a three article\u00a0series containing seven parts\u00a0on The Clean Network<br \/>\n<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/how-the-clean-network-alliance-of-democracies-turned-the-tide-on-huawei-in-5g\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>First<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&lt;&lt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/the-clean-network-on-human-rights-and-environment\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Previous<\/strong><\/a> &lt;&lt;\u00a0<strong>The Clean Network&#8217;s Momentum and Secret Sauce<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Clean Network&#8217;s Momentum and Secret Sauce A three article\u00a0series containing seven parts\u00a0on The Clean Network First\u00a0&lt;&lt; Previous &lt;&lt;\u00a0The Clean Network&#8217;s Momentum and Secret Sauce by\u00a0Michael Mink Part VI The Clean Network\u2019s Rolling Thunder Leadership is defined by Momentum April 29, 2020, Secretary Pompeo announced that, as part of the 2019 National Defense Authorization [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":23141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[46,8],"tags":[5567,5624,9077,804,9078,9043,5308,9081,9073,9068,621,9082,242,7879,9086,9079,9052,5295,9067,9080,9076,9087,885,891,886,860,9083,9070,9084,9064,947,9085,9074,9072,9066,9065,5582,9069,9075,9071],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23121"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23121"}],"version-history":[{"count":45,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23302,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23121\/revisions\/23302"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}