Cybersecurity

Getting Huawei’s CFO to the U.S. After Canada Arrest Could Take Years

  • Friday bail hearing is first in long process of extradition
  • Treaty forced Canada to act on U.S. request as China protests
Samm Sacks, New America cybersecurity policy fellow, discusses the arrest of Huawei Technologies Co-CFO Wanzhou Meng.(Source: Bloomberg)
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U.S. authorities managed to get their counterparts in Canada to arrest a senior executive at Huawei Technologies Co., China’s largest smartphone and communications equipment maker, for allegedly violating American sanctions on selling technology to Iran.

Now comes the hard part.