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Chinese telecoms giant Huawei will be one of the topics discussed by US Vice-President Mike Pence and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during their meeting in Ottawa on Thursday, according to a senior US administration official.
Pence, known for taking a hard line against China, is making his first visit to the Canadian capital as vice-president, where he will discuss trade issues, including Huawei, which Washington has moved to isolate from global markets.
“Canada has been a close ally in the way that they’ve approached their relationship with China – and there could be some conversation about Huawei,” the official told reporters, on condition of anonymity.
Washington has accused Huawei of being tied to the Chinese government, and has effectively banned US firms from doing business with the company for national security reasons.




The dispute spilled into Canada last year, and Ottawa has expressed frustration at what it sees as a lacklustre US response to harsh Chinese measures.
In December, Canada arrested Huawei’s chief financial officer Meng Wangzhou on a US warrant. She faces extradition to the United States on charges she conspired to defraud global banks about Huawei’s relationship with a company operating in Iran. She and the company have denied the charges.
Soon after her arrest, Canadian businessman Michael Spavor and former diplomat Michael Kovrig were detained in China, and were formally arrested for espionage earlier this month. Canada has called the Canadians’ detention arbitrary.
China has also cut off imports of key Canadian commodities, hurting farmers.
“Expect some very tangible outcomes from their discussion with regard to China that we’ll share with you tomorrow,” a second US official told reporters. The officials declined to say whether Pence would offer Canada assistance on the detentions and the trade stoppages.

Pence also plans to make a separate address in the coming days about the “current state of affairs” in China, the officials said.
The speech is seen as a sequel to one Pence gave in October, when he accused China of reckless military actions, cyberattacks and human rights abuses, as well as “malign” efforts to undermine Trump’s re-election campaign in 2020.
Huawei is the latest trade-related issue to rock the relationship between the US and Canada – normally two of the world’s closest allies – since President Donald Trump took office.
One of Trump’s first actions was to overhaul the 25-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico, which he commonly refers to as one of the worst trade deals ever made.




But now that the three countries have agreed to a replacement, Pence has been travelling around trade-dependent US states to urge its passage through Congress. He will put the new deal – the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement or USMCA – front and centre during his first trip to Canada as vice-president.
The two leaders are also expected to discuss the political crisis in Venezuela. Pence has played a major role in the Trump administration’s diplomatic and economic efforts to force out President Nicolas Maduro.
Both Washington and Ottawa have backed opposition leader Juan Guaido, who invoked Venezuela’s constitution in January to declare himself interim president, arguing that Maduro’s 2018 re-election was illegitimate.
The Trump administration has threatened a harder line against Cuba for its support of Maduro, but Trudeau has reached out to Havana to seek its help in settling the political conflict in Venezuela.


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Huawei and China trade on the agenda for Pence, Trudeau talks in Ottawa

From left: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and US Vice-President Mike Pence are expected to discuss China trade and Huawei when they meet in Ottawa on Thursday. Photo: AP/AFP

People hold signs calling for China to release Canadian detainees Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig during an extradition hearing for Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou at the B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson

Sino-Canadian ties ‘at freezing point’, says Chinese ambassador

Lu Shaye said Canada needed to start considering China as an equal rather than a strategic competitor. Photo: EPA-EFE

Filer of (L)Michael Kovrig and Michael Kovrig Photo: Facebook

Chinese Ambassador to Canada Lu Shaye meets with media at the Chinese Embassy in Ottawa, Ontario, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Huawei chief Ren Zhengfei dismisses Donald Trump’s suggestion tech giant could play role in China trade deal

Ren Zhengfei told Bloomberg that the trade war was nothing to do with Huawei. Photo: Bloomberg

FILE - In this Friday, May 3, 2019 file photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington. Trump issued an executive order Wednesday, May 15, 2019, apparently aimed at banning equipment from Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei from U.S. networks. It does not name specific countries or companies and gives the Department of Commerce 150 days to come up with regulations. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

The Huawei Technologies Co. logo is displayed atop an office building at the company's production facility in this aerial photograph taken in Dongguan, China, on Thursday, May 23, 2019. Huawei is seeking about $1 billion from a small group of lenders, its first major funding test after getting hit with U.S. curbs that threaten to cut off access to critical suppliers. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg

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Tangible outcomes predicted for Thursday meeting