China demands release of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou held in Canada on behalf of U.S.
Canadian Justice Department spokesman Ian McLeod confirmed on Wednesday that authorities detained Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Saturday.
In April, China appealed to Washington to avoid damaging business confidence following the Wall Street Journal report that U.S.
A foreign ministry spokeswoman, Hua Chunying, said then that China opposes any country imposing unilateral sanctions based on its own law.
President Donald Trump has threatened to raise tariffs on Chinese goods in response to complaints that Beijing improperly pressures foreign companies to hand over technology. That is widely seen as part of a broader effort by Washington to respond to intensifying competition with Chinese technology industries that Mr. Trump says benefit from improper subsidies and market barriers.
One analyst and former Commerce Department official told the Axios news website this week that China could retaliate for Meng's detention with a possible tit-for-tat move.
Both leaders were positive about the meeting, which yielded a temporary truce in the fast-escalating trade war between the world's two biggest economic powers.
Mr. Trump agreed not to impose any new tariffs on Chinese goods for 90 days, to allow negotiations on a new trade deal to proceed.
Noting that a similar pause in hostilities in May later fell apart, economists also warned that the sides remain far apart in ironing out key disputes.
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