Sunday, March 3, 2019
Will Meng Wanzhou chief executive of Huawei be extradited to the US?
Huawei is a Chinese multinational company that manufactures telecommunication equipment and consumer electronics. Currently, the US is accusing Huawei of 23 different charges, including sanction-breaking business with Iran and Syria of Huawei's American subsidiaries, stealing technology from T-mobile to test smartphone durability, obstructing justice, and committing wire fraud. In response Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Canada on December 1st 2018 after a US request. And Canada decided on Friday that the extradition case will continue in court, where she will appear on March 6th. Although, no commitment on extradition has been made yet, the whole case is already causing tensions in US-China-Canada relations. After her arrest China responded by detaining two Canadians, and giving a third Canadian the death penalty after overturning his old sentence. China has also been demanding the US to withdraw the arrest warrant and extradition request, and Huawei announced it will no longer be using US components to make its smartphones. Wether Mang Wanzou will actually be extradited to the US on Wednesday is questionable, because even if the judge rules for it, there will be many ways to appeal and extradition cases can drag on for over a decade.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47423398
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I posted about the tariff deadline delay between the States and China some days ago, and this happening does not seem helpful. I hope this does not negatively affect the treaty the two countries have to come to an agreement. Huawei is a big name and if the Chinese communist party reacts to this incident in a bad way, this will definitely impact the agreement negatively. China is not exactly being friendly to foreign entities or firms at the moment. This incident is making things worse.
I thinks this is a very interesting story and one i have been following for some time now. With the newer news that Huawei may be spying for the Chinese government it is an important decision that Canada has to make and it will not be an easy one.
I feel as though it has always been known that these large Chinese companies have been integrated with the Chinese government so it is no surprise about the spying. It was definitely interesting to see Canada step up and arrest Wanzou as it is a very bold statement. The U.S. probably had a lot to do with pressuring Canada to make the move. I wonder if we will see this happening to other important figures in the Chinese corporate world who are traveling internationally.
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