The US justice department is discussing a deal that would allow the chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies to return home to China from Canada in exchange for admitting wrongdoing in a criminal case.
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Huawei Technologies chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou failed to convince a Canadian judge to grant her access to confidential documents pertaining to her extradition fight.
Huawei Technologies acted to cover up its relationship with a firm that had tried to sell prohibited US computer gear to Iran, newly obtained internal Huawei documents show.
A Canadian court ruling that could permit the extradition of a senior Huawei Technologies executive to the US leaves Canada vulnerable to further retaliation from Beijing, analysts said.
Huawei Technologies chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou was dealt a setback by a Canadian court on Wednesday as she tries to avoid extradition to the US to face bank fraud charges.
China’s biggest technology firm, Huawei, has risen to global prominence as a leader in 5G. It’s also become a major target for the US as China’s technological prowess has grown along with its ambitions.
Huawei pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to racketeering charges filed last month by US prosecutors who accused the Chinese telecommunications equipment giant of a 20-year pattern of corporate espionage.
Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou shouldn’t be dispatched to the US because her alleged crimes don’t meet Canada’s legal tests for extradition, her defence lawyers said at the opening of hearings.
Huawei Technologies has sued the US Federal Communications Commission, seeking to overturn a regulatory decision that will hurt the Chinese corporation’s business with its last major American clients.
Lawyers for Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou are opposing the broadcast of her extradition proceedings in Canada, saying it’d raise the risk of US President Donald Trump muddying her case.