BUCHAREST—Romania’s centrist government on Thursday approved a bill that effectively bars China and Huawei from taking part in the development of its 5G network, a member of the IT&C and National Security Committee told Reuters. Europe has emerged as a battleground in the technology ‘Cold War’ playing out between China and Washington and Huawei’s European competitors, Ericsson and Nokia, could become a supplier duopoly should the Chinese company be shut out. “The government just approved this bill of paramount importance for Romania, sealing a 2019 memorandum signed in Washington, meaning that China and Huawei are ruled out from any would-be partnership on 5G with the Romanian state,” Pavel Popescu said. Under the memorandum, the two governments said in August 2019 that “as part of risk-based security approach, careful and complete evaluation of 5G vendors is necessary.” Romania was a staunch Washington ally even before it joined the North Atlantic Treaty …