Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will travel to Washington next week to meet with President Donald Trump to discuss the ratification of the new North American trade agreement and China's detention of two Canadians. Trudeau's office said he will visit next Thursday. Trump and Trudeau ...
Trudeau calls Chinese arrests of two Canadians 'unacceptable'
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday called the arrest of two Canadians in China "unacceptable" and vowed to stand up to Beijing over the detentions. "We will consistently and always stand up for Canadians, particularly these Canadians who have been arbitrarily detained," he told ...
China formally arrests Canadian ex-envoy and businessman in case seen as payback for Huawei bust
China said Thursday it has formally arrested two Canadians who have been detained for months on national security grounds, in a case that has inflamed tensions between Ottawa and Beijing. Ottawa denounced the move and demanded the pair's prompt release. Former diplomat Michael Kovrig is "suspected ...
Chinese woman's secret arrest in U.S. hints that sanctions probe goes beyond just Huawei
U.S. authorities were sitting on a sensitive secret last fall when Canada detained a top Huawei Technologies Co. executive on charges that her company misled banks about the company's business dealings in Iran. Two months earlier, the U.S. had arrested another Chinese national on similar suspicions ...
Canadian drug smuggler Robert Lloyd Schellenberg to appeal death sentence in China
A Canadian man handed the death penalty for drug smuggling in China will appeal his sentence Thursday, in a case that has deepened the diplomatic rift between Beijing and Canada. The appeal comes against the backdrop of Beijing's anger over the December arrest of Meng ...
Fed-up Canada tells U.S. to help with China crisis over Huawei exec or forget about favors
Canada is leaning on the United States to help settle a dispute with China, which has started to block imports of vital Canadian commodities amid a dispute over a detained Huawei executive. In a sign of increasing frustration at what it sees as a lackluster ...
China's Huawei sees little impact on sales from U.S. broadside
The U.S. campaign against China's Huawei is having little impact on the company's sales and it is unlikely many countries will follow the United States in banning Huawei from building next-generation mobile networks, its rotating chairman, Eric Xu, said. "Recently we are seeing a large ...
Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou appears in Canadian court; her lawyer raises Trump comments
A Canadian judge set Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou's next court date for May 8 at a brief court appearance on Wednesday where her lawyer briefly raised comments made by U.S. President Donald Trump. Canada arrested Meng on Dec. 1 at ...
Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou sues Canada for alleged wrongful search in Vancouver
The Huawei Technologies Co. chief financial officer whose detention in Canada has sparked a diplomatic standoff has filed a civil lawsuit against Canadian authorities, alleging she was wrongfully detained and searched. Meng Wanzhou claims that her constitutional rights were breached and is seeking damages for ...
Huawei wages charm offensive in the battle for hearts and minds amid U.S. pressure
Huawei Technologies Co. has turned to a blend of wit, sarcasm and defiance to publicly fight allegations that the world's largest maker of telecommunications equipment is spying for China. It's a remarkable shift for a giant whose founder, Ren Zhengfei, spurned the media and ...
U.K. concludes it can mitigate security risk from Huawei equipment use in 5G, FT reports
The British government has decided it can mitigate the risks arising from the use of Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. in 5G networks, the Financial Times reported on.ft.com/2DLcuFG on Sunday, citing two sources familiar with the conclusion of Britain's National Cyber Security Center (NCSC). The conclusion ...
Huawei exec Meng Wanzhou attends Canada bail hearing as China hits U.S. 'unreasonable suppression'
Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou appeared in a Canadian court on Tuesday for a hearing concerning her bail in a case that has strained Beijing's ties with Canada and the United States. Meng, the daughter of Huawei's founder, ...
