U.S. President Donald Trump sits for an exclusive interview with Reuters journalists Roberta Rampton, Jeff Mason and Steve Holland as White House Communications Director Bill Shine (R) looks on in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. December 11, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Daily Mail: Trump says he would consider intervening in the case of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou and setting her FREE as part of a broader trade deal to ease rising tensions with China amid national security concerns
* The president reportedly indicated that Wanzhou's release could be part of a broader trade deal with China during an interview with Reuters on Tuesday
* When asked if he would intervene with the Justice Department in her case, Trump said: 'Whatever’s good for this country, I would do'
* The report came just after a Canadian judge granted Wanzhou US$7.4M bail
* Wanzhou was arrested in Vancouver December 1 and faces extradition to the US
* Her release on bail is expected to placate Chinese officials angered by her arrest
President Donald Trump has said he would consider intervening in the case of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou if it would benefit international relations and help the US secure a trade deal with China.
Wanzhou was granted a bail of C$10million (US$7.4million) by a Canadian judge on Tuesday evening. She was arrested in Vancouver earlier this month and has been awaiting a hearing on extradition to the US.
After the news of the 46-year-old's release broke, the president indicated that the move - which is expected to placate angry Chinese officials - could be part of a broader trade deal with China.
When asked if he would intervene with the Justice Department in her case, Trump told Reuters: 'Whatever’s good for this country, I would do.
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More News On The Case Of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou
Trump says would intervene in arrest of Chinese executive -- Reuters
Trump says he could weigh in on Huawei CFO case -- Politico
Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou released on $7.4m bail by court in Canada on condition she surrender her two passports, agree to wear an ankle bracelet and STAY in Vancouver -- Daily Mail
Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou released on bail in Canada -- DW
Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou granted bail by Canadian court -- ABC News Online
Meng Wanzhou, Chinese telecom exec facing possible extradition to US, granted bail by Canadian judge -- FOX News
5 comments:
So much for our country’s laws and rules based system. When other countries are expected to live by the rule of law, Trump will easily set aside laws and courts to be the hero of his sycophants. No wonder no one trusts his words or US policy under Trump!
Technically we are at war with China and trump will do what he needs to do to win. This Huawei chic is probably a wealth of intelligence and information on China and is why I’m betting she will be back in China in no time.
Its pretty clear that the arrest of Wanzhou was timed to create the most disruption in the Xi trade negotiations as possible. Obama/Comey-functionaries still within the DOJ staged this arrest to embarrass Trump.
Trump wasn't informed of, or gave approval for, the arrest of Wanzhou. Thus the statement of intervention. A bitter pill but one forced on him by quislings.
And then China cuts US car tariffs to 15% from 40%.
Justice is independent from executive branch. This women need to be arrested and judged appropriately. I hope Trump know that and make just a "mimic".
Russ,
I think you are on to something here. This was my first thought as well. The timing of the arrest seemed rather bizarre. I think it was timed specifically to undercut negotiations. This seems to be a pattern. Whenever we are close to breakthroughs on negotiations with either Russia or China it seems someone does something that appears to be extremely stupid in order to undercut these negotiations. Perhaps what they are doing is not stupid at all but is timed and planned perfectly to undercut negotiations. What a spectacularly shortsighted approach to take!!
We need to renegotiate our trade arrangements with China. In so doing, we need to earnestly ask ourselves does an action we take help or hinder us here? The arrest of the Chinese national at this time does not help and it likely hinders.
"A bitter pill but one forced on him by quislings." This appears to be the case. If this was accidental, it is what a former coach of mine used to refer to as an "unforced error" as it undercuts important trade negotiations. As I suspect, it was deliberately timed to undercut these negotiations, it just made these negotiations harder and made our national security situation even more precarious all for what, to undermine a president and his team that we don't like!!! With their increasingly deranged behavior the "quislings" are undermining the security and economic interests of my loved ones!!
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