Trudeau: "China continues to think that they can just put enough pressure on us and we will give in, but that's exactly the opposite of our position"

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LONDON (Reuters) - 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.

"We don't believe in coercive diplomacy and ... we actually deeply believe that if you start giving into that kind of pressure, you'll leave yourself worse off for the long term," Trudeau said in an interview during an FT online conference.

"China continues to think that they can just put enough pressure on us and we will ... give in, but that's exactly the opposite of our position," he said.

Meng has denied charges brought against her in the United States and is fighting extradition from house arrest in Vancouver.

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Trudeau says Canada will not bow to China's 'coercive diplomacy'

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...

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[kmfdmpig]

China is doing a great job of unifying the world against it. It's bizarre, particularly when it seems unnecessary given the economic and soft power growth it was seeing before becoming so assertive and aggressive. I think when there is competent leadership in Washington again we will see how much this approach by China backfires with many countries.

 

[disparate]

I mean, I'm glad he's saying it but this should be obvious.

 

[bremon]

China is fucking up in the grand scheme of things I think, from a political perspective.

It goes without saying that they're fucking up majorly on a daily basis with regards to human rights, etc.

 

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China is fucking up in the grand scheme of things I think, from a political perspective.

It goes without saying that they're fucking up majorly on a daily basis with regards to human rights, etc.

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Additionally, China as a whole, is essentially on a ticking countdown clock in terms of how fast/rapidly their population is aging. It will be awkward in a 20 years, to say the least, for their government if they continue to act this way.

 

[lunarworks]

It'd be nice if the idiot fucking conservatives in this country didn't believe Trudeau was a China shill. Because he's been pushing back against them every time.
We live in a time of opposite realities.

 

[Imperfected]

Our actual position is if you put too little pressure on us, we'll give in.

Your move, China.

 

[Akira86]

Our actual position is if you put too little pressure on us, we'll give in.

Your move, China.

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exactly, if China had out-polited Canada in this, their person would already be on an airplane getting a backrub.

 

[louisacommie]

Yep powers in decline needs an enemy to keep things running for just a bit longer

 

[Deleted member 1659]

Low key, I think Trudeau has been an excellent PM for Canada during a time when the rest of the Anglosphere except for New Zealand was run by absolute idiots. His record on China and handling of Trump IMO will be great legacies for him.