CANADA/CHINA/TECHNOLOGY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Top law enforcement officials on Wednesday [12-12-18] pushed back on comments from President Donald Trump suggesting the prosecution of a Chinese telecommunications executive could be used as leverage in trade negotiations…Demers said Wednesday that if Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou is extradited from Canada, as the US has requested, ‘our criminal case will continue,’ he said. He declined to comment further on the case. In an interview with Reuters Tuesday, Trump said he would intervene in the case against Meng if it proved beneficial in securing a trade deal that has splintered relations between the two countries in recent months…The Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony Wednesday from Demers and other top counterintelligence and cybersecurity officials on Chinese espionage threats.”
–David Shortell, “Law enforcement officials rebuff Trump over prosecution of Chinese executive,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, December 12, 2018 9:00 pm