WORLD BULLETINS

China demands arrest release

CHINA has demanded Canada release a Huawei Technologies executive who was arrested in a case that adds to tensions with Washington and threatens to complicate trade talks.

Huawei’s chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, faces possible extradition to the United States, according to Canadian authorities.

The Globe and Mail newspaper, citing law enforcement sources, said she was accused of trying to evade US curbs on trade with Iran. The timing is awkward following the announcement of a US-Chinese ceasefire in a tariff war over Beijing’s technology policy. Meng was detained in Vancouver on Saturday, the day Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met in Argentina and announced their deal.

Asian stock markets tumbled on the news, fearing renewed US-Chinese tensions that threaten global economic growth.

Market indexes in Tokyo and Hong Kong fell by 1.9% and 2.8% and Shanghai was off 1.7% at midday.

The Chinese Embassy in

Ottawa said Meng broke no US or Canadian laws and demanded Canada “immediately correct the mistake” and release her. “The Chinese side expresses firm opposition and strongly protests this serious violation of human rights,” said an embassy statement.