Author Topic: Trump says he could intervene in the case against Huawei CFO if it helps US-China deal  (Read 573 times)

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Offline RoosGirl

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https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/12/huawei-cfo-arrest-trump-could-intervene-if-it-helps-us-china-deal.html


U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would intervene with the U.S. Justice Department in the case against a Chinese telecommunications executive if it would help secure a trade deal with Beijing.

"If I think it's good for the country, 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," Trump said in a wide-ranging interview with Reuters in the Oval Office.

Trump expressed optimism that he could strike a trade deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping as the two countries struggle to resolve a dispute that has contributed to recent U.S. stock market declines and raised questions about whether economic turmoil could beset the president in the new year.

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LOL. Trump is GOD!!!!!!

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Excuse me for thinking that a trade deal with China is not worth looking the other way on a Chinese company funding Iran.

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Excuse me for thinking that a trade deal with China is not worth looking the other way on a Chinese company funding Iran.

You are excused.

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What about the rule of law?

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His potential intervention may be moot.  The executive in question has not been extradited to the US and has been released on $10M bail in Canada. They have given assurances she will not leave the country, but we will see.
I disagree.  Circle gets the square.