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Grassley: Intervention in Huawei case 'a good trade-off' for China deal

December 13, 2018 at 5:50 PM
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) would support President Trump's intervention into the controversial case of Huawei Technologies' chief financial officer, arrested in Canada earlier this month, if it facilitated trade negotiations between the U.S. and China, he told Inside U.S. Trade on Wednesday. Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, who has been accused by the U.S. of violating sanctions against Iran, was arrested in Canada on Dec. 1. The China-based company is the world's second-largest telecommunications manufacturer. "Even though [Huawei] violated our sanctions...

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