canadian ex diplomat may be arrested in china
the conflict over the canada arrested huawei c.f.o. meng wanzhou is on tuesday the next eskalationsstufe have achieved. according to the reuters news agency is a former canadian diplomat michael kovrig in china had been arrested. his current employer, the policy think-tank international crisis group confirmed reports of his disappearance, and stated that it is a quick and safe release. so far there has been no official confirmation that his arrest with the earlier arrest of huawei c.f.o. is connected. however, living in china, canadians and americans before such a revanchemaßnahmen feared. the chinese could such arrest of the political pressure on the current process of mengs in vancouver will continue to increase.
michael kovrig with interruptions from 2003 to 2011 in beijing as a canadian diplomat working. since 2017, he worked in hong kong and beijing for the crisis group, an ngo, the solutions to international conflicts. at the moment it seems as it must now act in its own right.
in the case of mengs came on monday the court in vancouver also after two days of hearings to decide whether it is subject to be released. the hearing was on tuesday (close) to be continued. meng in the united states accused on an unofficial subsidiary named skycom dealings with iran, and thus violating sanctions to. you are a condemnation of up to 30 years in prison for the „verschwörung fraud of financial institutions ". the case on china's relations with the united states and canada. the chinese government calls for the immediate release of mengs, the extradition to the united states is threatening.
mengs husband offers a deposit of 9.8 million euro
mengs husband liu xiaozong has offered the court, moving to canada and 15 million canadian dollars (9.8 million) deposit for the release to deposit. the prosecution called for a rejection of the application. meng made the funds available, an escape to china to arrange that no extradition agreement with the united states, said the statement.
before it appeared, in the trade dispute between china and the us move. us president donald trump spoke on tuesday on twitter by productive talks with china "," important announcements "in sight. the news agency bloomberg reported on tuesday, citing the trusted people, china was in the direction of a reduction of tariffs on imported cars from the united states. at the beginning of december had already aroused expectations trump in customs duties.
a proposal of reducing tariffs on american cars from the current 40% to 15% commission will from the chinese government in the coming days examined, said on bloomberg. however, it could still change the proposal could give.
as it was, had representatives of both countries on tuesday morning in beijing, a telephone conversation. it should be clear that the dialogue despite the diplomatic crisis in the wake of the arrest of mengs in canada should continue.(徳囯ASK电容器)