Huawei sent American made products to Iran. That directly involves the US. It's not like Huawei sold Russian or Japanese or German products to Iran, in which case it would be non of America's business.
i think it's because huaweii didn't stop dealings with iran
She has committed no crime in Canada. The crime she is accused of is violation of US imposed Iran sanction by a company she manages. Again, not a crime in the Canadian criminal code or most places in the world for that matter. The charge is clearly a political one, given the said crime is an extension of American pressure on Iran. Uncle Sam threw a hissy fit and Canada was dumb enough to serve that warrant, which makes us look like a client state. You want to have your spat with China? Go ahead, just don't involve us.
She was in the US, but Uncle Sam didn't want to do the dirty work so they had us serve the arrest warrant when she was transferring flight in Canada. Whoever approved the arrest was a serious dumbass that needs to get slapped. Now we face retaliation from China with nothing gained in return.
She need not have committed a crime in Canada for the Canadian gov. to take her into custody. As long as there is an international arrest warrant or the Canadians have agreements with a nation on extradition and law enforcement, they are obliged to apprehend the person.
Officially she's being charged with bank fraud, not violating sanctions since that's not a crime in Canada. The argument is that she told the banks Skycom and Huawei were separate corporate entities when Skycom was a subsidiary of Huawei to bypass Iran sanctions. She can still argue political motivations to fight extradition, since Canada does not extradite for political crimes. Sanctions against Iran is as politically motivated as it gets.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/meng-huawei-extradition-1.4937146
No I am mad because we don't usually grab heads of tech giants as as bargaining chips. That warrant issued would have been unthinkable in a friendlier political climate. This is going beyond trade war and into geopolitical confrontation, putting Canada into the direct line of fire. You won't think US would react badly if China arrested Mark Zuckerberg for espionage on a foreign trip for sharing information with NSA?
A lot of people, not least Americans, would be secretly quite happy if the Chinese grabbed Zuck.
Okay bad example
Do you believe that was actually planned? It happened at an awkward moment because Trump just agreed to a new negotiating period to try to work things out before hiking tariffs. It makes Trump look even less of an honest party. I wonder if the right is going to seize this as proof that the deep state is working to sabotage him.
There is nothing written is stone that US is the only permitted superpower in the world. In fact, American dominance is a relatively recent event given the age of history. Let's not aft like this is some good vs evil scenario. It's two sides competing for dominance, and Canada should not be involved.
