The president said he would intervene in the US case against CFO Meng Wanzhou if it would help close a trade deal with China
Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou leaves British Columbia Supreme Court in Vancouver, May 8 2019. Picture: DON MACKINNON/AFP
After the arrest, Trump said he would intervene in the US case against Meng if it would help close a trade deal with China. In addition, Meng's counsel argued there is no evidence she misrepresented to a bank Huawei's relationship with a company operating in Iran called Skycom, thereby putting the bank at risk of violating US sanctions law, or that the bank relied on her statements to its detriment.A spokesman for HSBC, which has been identified as the bank, declined to comment.
Speaking in Beijing on Thursday, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang again demanded Meng's release and return to China. "Put another way, the alleged offence could only exist in a country that prohibits international financial transactions in relation to Iran," the lawyers said in court documents."Canada is no longer such a country."
Huawei and Skycom are also defendants in the US case, accused of bank and wire fraud, as well as violating US sanctions on Iran.
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