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US using Huawei CFO's extradition to secure a trade advantage: Lawyers

The US has accused Huawei of using a Hong Kong shell company called Skycom to sell equipment to Iran in violation of US sanctions

Meng Wanzhou
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Press Trust of India Vancouver
Lawyers for a senior executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei say her extradition hearing should be ended because comments by US President Donald Trump reduce her to a pawn in a political-economic contest.

Canada arrested Meng Wanzhou, the daughter of Huawei's founder, at Vancouver's airport in late 2018. The US wants her extradited to face fraud charges. Her arrest infuriated Beijing, which sees her case as a political move designed to prevent China's rise.

The US accuses Huawei of using a Hong Kong shell company called Skycom to sell equipment to Iran in violation of U.S. sanctions. It says Meng

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