US passes bill praising Canada over detention of Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou
- Document is one of four pieces of China-focused legislation approved by House of Representatives on Tuesday
- Chamber ‘commends’ Canadian government for ‘upholding the rule of law and complying with its international legal obligations’
Meng was arrested at Vancouver airport in December on a US warrant and is fighting extradition on charges that she conspired to defraud banks about Huawei’s relationship with a company operating in Iran.
“The House of Representatives commends the Government of Canada for upholding the rule of law and complying with its international legal obligations, including those pursuant to the Extradition Treaty Between the United States of America and Canada,” according to the non-binding house resolution, which passed on Tuesday.
Meng’s arrest has been a major flashpoint in China-US relations as the two nations continue to fight a crippling trade war that has spilled over into the geopolitical arena.
The bill came after Beijing and Washington last week concluded their latest trade negotiations with the announcement they were working on a “first phase” deal to end their 15-month dispute.
Washington has restricted Huawei’s operations in the US by banning it from doing business with the US government and pressuring its allies to do the same. Trump has accused the company of being a security threat, stealing US firms’ intellectual property and violating its sanctions on Iran.
