Huawei’s CFO “should not be a hostage” in Sino-U.S. relations, her lawyer said on Tuesday, after the United States announced criminal charges against herself and the Chinese firm just days before crunch trade talks with Beijing. “Our client, Sabrina Meng, should not be a pawn or a hostage in this relationship. Spokesman Geng Shuang also said China had issued stern representations to both Canada and the United States after the U.S. formally issued its extradition request for Meng. During the meeting, Meng misrepresented Huawei operations in Iran and ownership and control of Skycom, the indictment showed. The indictment concerning trade secret theft alleged that Huawei had a formal policy instituting a bonus program to reward employees who stole confidential information from competitors.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 29, 2019 09:34 UTC