A Pawn in the Sino-US Trade War

In North America, we have witnessed, in the last few years, corporations denying the President of the United States the right of free speech. We’ve seen the media become an exploitive force in politics and anything that affects our personal freedoms. We have seen international relations become based on trade policies versus a way to create international harmony, and we have seen people become pawns in this trade war scenario.

Canada, in 2019, became an unwilling participant in both an escalating trade war and an international incident. I’m talking about the capture of Ms. Meng (the CFO of Huawei) by Canadian border personnel guided and supported by the FBI and Homeland Security (HS) present at the Vancouver International Airport.

On the surface it may seem odd that the FBI and HS would be on Canadian soil. It might seem odd that we would be asked to hold a Chinese citizen so she could be extradited to the USA, and it might seem odd that a sitting US President would refer to Ms. Meng as a “bargaining chip”.

Fear of Chinese Dominance

An outsider can very easily see the issues. The US, fearful of a Chinese advancement in technology including 5G produced by global giant Huawei, protected their perceived dominance in technology by attacking the CFO of Huawei on behalf of US tech giants in an effort to stop the…