FROM EIR DAILY ALERT

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Trump Willing To Intervene in Huawei Case, If It Would Benefit Trade Deal and National Security

Dec. 12, 2018 (EIRNS)—In a Dec. 11 interview with Reuters, President Donald Trump indicated a willingness to intervene in the case of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou—detained in Canada at the request of the Justice Department—if he deemed it “good for this country” and if

“I think it’s good for what will be certainly the largest trade deal ever made, which is a very important thing, what’s good for national security. I would certainly intervene if I thought it was necessary.”

From Canada it was reported yesterday that Meng has been granted bail in the amount of C$10 million (US$7.4 million)—this is what her lawyers had proposed—to also include electronic monitoring, remaining at her home between 11:00 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., and traveling with a security team, the cost of which she will cover.

At the time the President gave his interview to Reuters, bail had not yet been granted. On the matter of her possible extradition to the U.S., he replied that he’d want to speak to China, and see what Beijing requests, and stating that, of course, what Huawei allegedly did (violating U.S. sanctions on Iran) “wasn’t good.”

Trump was very upbeat on China trade talks, and reported that China has begun to purchase “tremendous amounts” of U.S. soybeans again. He continued that, more broadly,

“we’ll probably have another meeting ... maybe a meeting of the top people on both sides. If it’s necessary, I’ll have another meeting with President Xi, who I like a lot and get along with very well.”