A court decision expected this week in the case of the extradition of a senior executive from Huawei threatens to drag Canada into a diplomatic deadlock between the United States and China.
Meng Wanzhou, daughter of Ren Zhengfei, founder of Chinese tech giant, was arrested on US warrant at Vancouver Airport in December 2018. She is fighting extradition across the border, where she is accused of have violated sanctions against Iran.
The arrest plunged Canada into a diplomatic and economic whirlwind and led China to detain two Canadians accused of spying.
U.S. officials see Huawei as a security threat and have pressed their Five Eyes allies, including Britain and Canada, to ban it from their 5G networks. China says 48-year-old Ms. Meng is a politician