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International desk: US President Donald Trump did not know about plans to arrest a top executive at Chinese telecoms giant Huawei in Canada, two US\u00a0officials said on Thursday, in an apparent attempt to stop the incident from impeding crucial trade talks with Beijing.<\/p>\n
Huawei Technologies Co Ltd\u2019s chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, the 46-year-old daughter of the company\u2019s founder, was detained in Canada on Dec. 1, the same day Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping dined together at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires.<\/p>\n
A White House official told Reuters Trump did not know about a US\u00a0request for her extradition from Canada before he met Xi and agreed to a 90-day truce in the brewing trade war.<\/p>\n
Meng\u2019s arrest during a stopover in Vancouver, announced by the Canadian authorities on Wednesday, pummeled stock markets already nervous about tensions between the world\u2019s two largest economies on fears the move could derail the planned trade talks.<\/p>\n
The arrest was made at Washington\u2019s request as part of a US\u00a0investigation of an alleged scheme to use the global banking system to evade US\u00a0sanctions against Iran, according to people familiar with the probe.<\/p>\n
Another US\u00a0official told Reuters that while it was a Justice Department matter and not orchestrated in advance by the White House, the case could send a message that Washington is serious about what it sees as Beijing\u2019s violations of international trade norms.<\/p>\n
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, acknowledged that the arrest could complicate efforts to reach a broader US-China trade deal but would not necessarily damage the process.<\/p>\n
Meng\u2019s detention also raised concerns about potential retaliation from Beijing in Canada, where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sought to distance himself from the arrest.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe appropriate authorities took the decisions in this case without any political involvement or interference … we were advised by them with a few days\u2019 notice that this was in the works,\u201d Trudeau told reporters in Montreal in televised remarks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
International desk: US President Donald Trump did not know about plans to arrest a top executive at Chinese telecoms giant Huawei in Canada, two US\u00a0officials said on Thursday, in an apparent attempt to stop the incident from impeding crucial trade talks with Beijing. Huawei Technologies Co Ltd\u2019s chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, the 46-year-old daughter […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":49894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n