Sanctioned: The Arrest of a Telecom Giant [audio]

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcasts/british-columbia/sanctioned-the-arrest-of-a-telecom-giant/

by movaxdx • 7 years ago

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m0zg• 7 years ago

Amazingly shrewd strategic play by Trump, IMO. In one fell swoop he created additional direct leverage in negotiations, and also created indirect leverage by making a free trade deal between China and Canada politically impossible, putting more pressure on China, and denying it access to the broader North American market. Canada didn't see this for what it is because it's currently run by a drama teacher.

trianglem• 7 years ago

IMO Canada is obviously in on it and what's good for the US probably happens to be good for Canada when it comes to trade and China.

dmix2• 7 years ago

It's also doing the US a big favour which Canada can call up for in the future.

Canada is also apart of five eyes and NATO. We have more than enough of our own paranoid security hawks who'd push hard for something like this. Intelligence agencies can be quite persuasive.

devoply• 7 years ago

Not really Canada needed another source for selling its oil and possibly lumber because America loves strong arming it in trade deals because it's 1/10 the size. So geopolitically this move hurt Canada quite a bit. It could've gotten itself out of it by releasing Meng on some technicality but would've then felt Trump's ire.

derefr• 7 years ago

Are you suggesting that the Canadian government is composed of one man, and no intelligence apparatus?

AFascistWorld• 7 years ago

Canadian police go undercover as Hong Kong protest tensions rise in Richmond, the world’s most-Chinese city outside Asia

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3031486/cana...

dmix2• 7 years ago

Looks like a lot of high school students on both sides.

bigpumpkin• 7 years ago

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2178250/po...

Here is an article which has images of the presentation Meng gave to HSBC.

Scoundreller3• 7 years ago

I’m not sure if the podcast covered it, but I found it funny that the Canadians are claiming that her phone wasn’t searched, and will release it as long as the defence agrees that it wasn’t searched.

If the defence doesn’t agree, the Canadians want to send it for forensic examination to prove that they didn’t search it.

Scoundreller3• 7 years ago

Dunno why someone would think you can avoid the US’ reach by going through Canada. And then taking flights over US airspace...

Sanctioned: The Arrest of a Telecom Giant [audio]

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