Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Canada set to rule on US extradition case against Huawei executive

Fraught relations between China, the U.S. and Canada are under even more pressure over an extradition ruling involving a top Huawei executive.

Meng Wanzhou - CFO for the Chinese telecoms giant- has been held in Canada under house arrest for the past eighteen months, and is wanted by the U.S. over sweeping fraud charges.

As Nina-Maria Potts reports, the political stakes are high for Canada- which has to decide whether the charges constitute a crime in Canada.

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