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Canada Allows US Extradition of Huawei CFO To Proceed (reuters.com)
The Canadian government has allowed for the extradition proceedings against the CFO of Huawei to proceed. "Today, department of Justice Canada officials issued an authority to proceed, formally commencing an extradition process in the case of Ms. Meng Wanzhou," the government said in a statement. Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Canada in December at the request of American authorities, who allege that she violated U.S. sanctions against Iran. From the report: China, whose relations with Canada have deteriorated badly over the affair, denounced the decision and repeated previous demands for Meng's release. Legal experts had predicted Ottawa would give the go-ahead for extradition proceedings, given the close judicial relationship between Canada and the United States. It could be years though before Meng is ever sent to the United States, since Canada's slow-moving justice system allows many decisions to be appealed. Meng's lawyers said they were disappointed and described the U.S. charges as politically motivated.
Can't get any real concessions in trade talk, continue to hold the hostage.
Yes, the Chinese hold hostages, political prisoners, and are committing genocide against several ethnic groups. As far as "trumped up charges" ... the timing of the charges was politically motivated to damage Trump, but Canadian courts are very apolitical. Approving the deportation demonstrates the merits of the charges much, much more credibly than anything out of the US.
It is already working. China is starting to realize their past actions have consequences. Their technology exports are fighting the perception that every thing they make has backdoors the Chinese can exploit. Whether true or not the perception is China steals all of it's technology from others which has to irritate the Chinese scientists and engineers to no end. Not to mention that Chinese manufacturers are perceived as caring more about than quality
The "let's not do anything that will make China mad" was the last administrations policy. Other countries need to be reminded the "let's not do anything that will make the US mad" may be a prudent policy at least for the next 2 years. The US has been negotiating away it's power for so long that both "allies" and enemies have forgotten just how powerful the US actually is.