Re:Why Canada Will Bear the Brunt of the American War on Huawei
by porpoisely on Monday December 31, 2018 @12:09PM
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The arrest happened because of the change in foreign policy concerning china by Trump. It's meant to send a message and apply pressure on the chinese and on iran. This has nothing to do with the rule of law no more than north koreans arresting christian evangelists and tourists is about the rule of law.
There is no misunderstanding. Everyone involved knows exactly what is going on. It's international politics. The only question is how this is resolved. Will it escalate or will the US and china achieve a compromise?
Re:Why Canada Will Bear the Brunt of the American War on Huawei
by DeonPenny on Monday December 31, 2018 @03:03PM
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I agree, you even look at some of the replies to this comment. The fact that Donald trump himself is under FBI investigation or that this would probably of happen regardless of Trump changing his plan on Iran sanction seems lost. That being said you wouldn't want to live in a place where politics drove laws in the way people think it does.
If the American (or, I'd guess, Canadian) foreign policy arm had its way, this arrest wouldn't have happened. Unfortunately, rule of law. An independent prosecutor issued warrants which were confirmed by a court and executed by police.
The concept of independent agencies doesn't exist outside a small number of countries. It can be difficult for an elite in Beijing to believe the American president has no power to halt the proceedings against Huawei's CFO. This is, at its core, the mis-understanding. Not Cold War proxy war dynamics.