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Canada Arrests Top Huawei Executive For Allegedly Violating Iran Sanctions (theglobeandmail.com)
Canada has arrested Huawei's chief financial officer on suspicion of violating U.S. trade sanctions against Iran. "Wanzhou Meng, who is also the deputy chair of Huawei's board and the daughter of company founder Ren Zhengfei, was arrested in Vancouver at the request of U.S. authorities," reports The Globe and Mail. From the report: "Wanzhou Meng was arrested in Vancouver on December 1. She is sought for extradition by the United States, and a bail hearing has been set for Friday," Justice department spokesperson Ian McLeod said in a statement to The Globe and Mail. "As there is a publication ban in effect, we cannot provide any further detail at this time. The ban was sought by Ms. Meng.
A Canadian source with knowledge of the arrest said U.S. law enforcement authorities are alleging that Ms. Meng tried to evade the U.S. trade embargo against Iran but provided no further details. Since at least 2016, U.S. authorities have been reviewing Huawei's alleged shipping of U.S.-origin products to Iran and other countries in violation of U.S. export and sanctions laws.
A Canadian source with knowledge of the arrest said U.S. law enforcement authorities are alleging that Ms. Meng tried to evade the U.S. trade embargo against Iran but provided no further details. Since at least 2016, U.S. authorities have been reviewing Huawei's alleged shipping of U.S.-origin products to Iran and other countries in violation of U.S. export and sanctions laws.
* NAFTA has made Canada the USA's dog.
* Iran apparently goes from friend to foe to friend to foe, depending on the mood of the day of the USA, and if they bend over backwards to be the USA's proxy vassal against Russia yet again. Nobody seems to even care about the average people who actually have to live there.
* Trump is the first factor, that may be strong enough, to get the world to put an embargo on the USA. Let's be honest: It's only a question of time. (And if you scramble, to get rid of him, I must tell you that the next one very likely will be even worse, but seem nice [like Obama], and the one after that will be worse again, but not nice anymore. It's the traditional pattern of the fake two party system.)
* I just hope everyone is well. Americans, Canadians, Chinese, Iranians, Russians, etc. And that there was such a thing as a closed neuro-psychological therapy center for entire countries.
China did the same thing to a Rio Tinto executive from Australia. Sent the guy to prison for 8 years for--please don't laugh--corruption and stealing commercial secrets.
It's about time that the Chinese elite started getting hit back as hard as they hit everyone else.
Personally, I hope Trump sends her to Gitmo while they sort out whether to indict her just to make the Chinese elite squirm.
> She got more votes than Trump, because the president of American is NOT elected democratically, where is the "democracy" in that?
Because there is a system, that was set up, which means the election isn't a direct link to majority vote count, and all of the candidates knew this beforehand.
When you lose chess do you pretend you were playing a different game?
"When you lose chess do you pretend you were playing a different game?"
When parties lose elections yes, they do pretend they were playing a different game. This is why Democrats cry that Trump is a threat to Democracy and also claim that this is why the "Electoral College" should be abolished. Changing that requires a Constitutional Amendment.
Trump is not a threat to our Democracy... we need to have one for him to threaten to begin with.
A bit of trivia... did you know that there is no constitutional requirement for states to let citizens even vote for president of USA?
However the states decided to allow it through their own laws, which is why each state has slightly different rules about how the electors are "encouraged/required" to vote.
You should look up the term "faithless elector". You might be shocked https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
This is one of the reasons I consider anyone that calls America a Democracy to be more than just an ignorant idiot. They are either a moron or intentionally proffering a straight up lie for idiots to gobble up like mad.