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Associated Press

Canada on Wednesday announced the appointment of a new ambassador to China amid damaged relations following the arrest of a top Chinese tech executive.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Dominic Barton, the former global managing director of consulting firm McKinsey & Co, is the new envoy.

Trudeau fired the previous ambassador after he said it would be “great” if the US dropped its extradition request for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou.
The arrest of the daughter of the founder of Huawei at Vancouver’s airport December 1 severely damaged relations between China and Canada.
Trump says the US does not want to discuss Huawei with China
The US wants her extradited to face charges that she committed fraud by misleading banks about Huawei’s business dealings in Iran.
China detained Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor on December 10 in an apparent attempt to pressure Canada to release Meng.




China has stopped importing certain Canadian products like canola and meat, and it also resentenced a convicted Canadian drug smuggler to death after the Meng arrest as part of an apparent campaign of intimidation and retribution against Canada.
Barton worked in Asia for 12 years as well as serving on the board of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and being listed as an adjunct professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing, according to online biographies.
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Rob Malley, president of the non-governmental organisation that Kovrig worked for, the International Crisis Group, called Barton’s appointment very good news.
“I have been in touch with Dominic for some time and know his commitment to human rights and to Michael specifically,” Malley said.
“I am confident he will do everything in his power to end Michael’s detention. With his deep interest in Asia, strong economic background and close ties to the prime minister, he also he will be taken seriously by Chinese authorities.”


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Canada names Dominic Barton as new China envoy amid damaged relations following arrest of Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou

Dominic Barton has been named as Canada’s new ambassador to China. Photo: Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Huawei's Financial Chief Meng Wanzhou leaves her family home in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, May 8, 2019. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson/File Photo

Chinese embassy says the US is trying to suppress Huawei with ‘typical bullying behaviour’

Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou was detained in Canada last year at the request of the United States. Photo: Reuters

Filer of (L)Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig who have been formally charged with spying. Photo: Facebook

Mike Pompeo says US is pressing China to release detained Canadians, but rejects linkage to Huawei case

Mike Pompeo, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland in Ottawa on Thursday. Photo: Bloomberg

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (C), with Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland (R), meets with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on August 22, 2019, in Ottawa. (Photo by Sebastien ST-JEAN / POOL / 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

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Barton is the former global managing director of consulting firm McKinsey & Co
Trudeau fired the previous ambassador after he said it would be ‘great’ if the US dropped its extradition request for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou

