Canadians home after Huawei CFO resolves US charges

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : As part of the deal, known as a deferred prosecution agreement, she accepted responsibility for misrepresenting the company´s business dealings in Iran.
36% : The indictment also charged Meng herself with committing fraud by misleading the HSBC bank about the company's business dealings in Iran.
33% : The US justice department accuses Meng of having lied to HSBC about Huawei's relationship with its Iran-based covert subsidiary Skycom, putting the bank at risk of violating US sanctions against Iran.
30% : The deal was reached as President Joe Biden and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have sought to tamp down signs of public tension - even as the world´s two dominant economies are at odds on issues as diverse as cybersecurity, climate change, human rights and trade and tariffs.
17% : The case against Meng stems from a January 2019 indictment from the Trump administration Justice Department that accused Huawei of stealing trade secrets and using a Hong Kong shell company called Skycom to sell equipment to Iran in violation of U.S. sanctions.

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