Trump is basically saying he might interfere with this process, which is a terrible precedent." The CFO of Chinese tech giant Huawei was arrested December 1 in Vancouver for violating US sanctions on Iran -- the same night Trump was dining with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the G20 summit in Argentina. If Trump were able to follow through on his impulse, it could also create more friction with Canada, Reinsch said. "If you're going to do it, the way to do it is make the Chinese come to us," Reinsch said. "It will be seen as validation of what they already think, that we're not a rule of law country," he said.

Source: CNN December 12, 2018 23:21 UTC