Trump adviser Kudlow 'proud' of Canada, Trudeau, for handling of Huawei case
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's senior economic adviser gave Canada and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a symbolic pat on the back Sunday for how the federal government has been "hanging tough" on the diplomatically delicate extradition case of senior Huawei Technologies executive Meng Wanzhou.
Larry Kudlow said he's "proud" of how Canada has handled the Meng matter — a tacit acknowledgment of the diplomatic bind the U.S. Justice Department created for the federal Liberals in December when they asked that the chief financial officer and telecom scion be arrested and held in Vancouver, pending extradition.
Meng, the daughter of Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei, is at the centre of a sprawling U.S. indictment unsealed last month that accuses the growing tech juggernaut of misrepresenting its ownership of a Hong Kong-based subsidiary between 2007 and 2017 to circumvent U.S. sanctions against Iran. She and the company are facing 13 counts of conspiracy, fraud and obstruction of justice.
"I'll just say how proud I am of Prime Minister Trudeau, and Canada, for hanging tough on Huawei," said Kudlow, director of the U.S. National Economic Council.
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