This week, the US will hold trade talks with China, which the White House is insisting is totally unrelated to the 23 charges the Justice Department
has just filed against major Chinese telecom Huawei. The charges center
on violating US sanctions against Iran, and ‘stealing trade secrets.’
These charges are part of a growing Trump Administration effort
against Huawei, mostly focusing on keeping them from bidding on major
infrastructure contracts around the world. It is also the pretext for
having Canada capture the company’s CFO and try to extradite her to
America.
The US accuses the company of using a subsidiary called Skycom to do
business with Iran and to make a profit in violation of US sanctions.
They also claim the evidence supporting this was destroyed by Huawei.
The capture of Ms. Meng has fueled tensions between China and Canada,
and forced Canada’s Ambassador to China to be sacked over the weekend.
The ambassador was fired for saying that Meng could make a case against
being extradited to the US, which is “inconsistent with the position of the government of Canada.”
The Canadian ambassador to China was right.
Instead of the ambassador being sacked, the Canadian people should sack their lap dog government.
Unreal…the deplorable US government is the biggest danger to the entire world. Baseless accusations against more innovative competitors, and the entire ridiculous sanctions regime. Blowback is coming and it will be brutal.
The USA is frantic that China is so far ahead on the 5G front, and tries to bribe /scare its “allies” away from the quality of Huawei. The sanctions are illegal, the USA is the one at fault.