Headline Roundup • December 6th, 2018
Canada Arrests China Telecom Executive For Extradition To The U.S.
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New York Times (News)
A top executive and daughter of the founder of the Chinese tech giant Huawei was arrested on Saturday in Canada at the request of the United States, in a move likely to escalate tensions between the two countries at a delicate moment.
HotAir
Just as talks between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping signaled a cooling of a trade war between the US and China, the arrest of Meng Wanzhou in a Vancouver airport might signal a new round of hardball. Ostensibly, the detention and potential extradition of the daughter of Chinese telecom Huawei’s founder and its chief financial officer relates to US suspicions that Huawei has violated sanctions against Iran. That would make for a stunning coincidence, however:
USA TODAY
Canadian authorities said Wednesday that they have arrested the chief financial officer of China’s Huawei Technologies for possible extradition to the United States.
