Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, photographed here at a session of an investment forum in Moscow in October 2014, was detained in Canada on December 1 at the request of the US government. Photo: Reuters
Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, photographed here at a session of an investment forum in Moscow in October 2014, was detained in Canada on December 1 at the request of the US government. Photo: Reuters
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Richard Ip and Vadim Nikitin

Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou’s arrest is a reminder to global companies that the US means business on sanctions

  • Richard Ip and Vadim Nikitin say while the popular narrative is that Meng Wanzhou was targeted as part of the trade war, the US Department of Justice’s activism may have been par for the course

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Richard Ip and Vadim Nikitin

Updated: 1:45pm, 16 Dec, 2018

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Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, photographed here at a session of an investment forum in Moscow in October 2014, was detained in Canada on December 1 at the request of the US government. Photo: Reuters
Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, photographed here at a session of an investment forum in Moscow in October 2014, was detained in Canada on December 1 at the request of the US government. Photo: Reuters
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