Insights and Stories on Meng Wanzhou

Jun. 23, 2020 at 7:14 pm CDT

Reuters — Hearings on Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou’s extradition to the U.S. from Canada will extend into late April 2021, according to documents released by a British Columbia court on Tuesday. Meng was arrested in December 2018 by Canadian authorities at the Vancouver International Airport on a U.S. […]

By Moira Warburton

Jun. 22, 2020 at 7:54 pm CDT

Washington/Ottawa | Reuters — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on Monday for the immediate release of two Canadians charged by China with espionage, saying the United States was “extremely concerned” and that the two men’s detention was unjustified. “These charges are politically motivated and completely groundless,” Pompeo said […]

By Reuters

Jun. 11, 2020 at 7:35 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — The United States is using the case of a senior Chinese telecoms executive who was arrested in Vancouver on a U.S. warrant 18 months ago to create friction between China and Canada, China’s envoy to Canada said on Thursday. “The U.S. has been taking advantage of […]

By Steve Scherer

May. 28, 2020 at 1:50 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — A British Columbia court ruling that could permit the extradition of a senior Huawei executive to the U.S. leaves Canada vulnerable to further retaliation from Beijing, analysts said. Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou on Wednesday lost a challenge to a U.S. bid to extradite her […]

By David Ljunggren, Steve Scherer

May. 27, 2020 at 8:23 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Although ICE July canola finished $1.30 per tonne lower Wednesday, at $463.50, following a ruling on the extradition of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, Wayne Palmer said there’s much more to the decline in the price. While Palmer, a trader with Exceed Grain in Winnipeg, called the ruling “a […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm