VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Canada’s Department of Justice on Friday gave the go-ahead for an extradition hearing for a top executive of Huawei, the Chinese electronics giant, who is wanted on fraud charges in the United States. The case involving the executive, Meng Wanzhou, who is the chief financial officer and daughter of Huawei’s founder, has entangled Canada in a bitter dispute between the world’s two largest economies. On Dec. 1 Canadian police officers arrested Ms. Meng at the request of the United States, infuriating China. In January, the United States unveiled an indictment against Ms. Meng and Huawei, outlining what it said were the company’s efforts stretching over many years to steal trade secrets, obstruct a criminal investigation and evade American economic sanctions on Iran. China detained several Canadians and sentenced a Canadian drug smuggler to death in what many in Canada viewed as retaliation.

Source: New York Times March 01, 2019 18:31 UTC