Trudeau Says Canada Will Not Bow to China’s ‘Coercive Diplomacy’

Trudeau Says Canada Will Not Bow to China’s ‘Coercive Diplomacy’
Chinese leader Xi Jinping (L) and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attend a session at the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 29, 2019. Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool via Reuters
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LONDON—Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday that his country would not cave in to pressure from China over the case of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou who was arrested in Canada on a U.S. warrant almost two years ago.

The case has caused a diplomatic chill between Canada and China, which soon after Meng’s arrest detained two Canadian citizens, Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, on espionage charges.