The Trump administration has also threatened more tariffs, while China has fired back by slapping its own tariffs on American goods. Both Huawei and the Chinese Communist Party have consistently denied such allegations. Trump has increasingly come into conflict with American allies and even his own senior administration officials over the direction and implementation of American trade and foreign policy. Canada, meanwhile, has been routinely challenged by Beijing over the objectivity of Meng’s legal case. The SNC-Lavalin scandal has become a lightning rod for Chinese government accusations of widespread corruption in the Canadian legal system.

Source: thestar March 12, 2019 01:18 UTC