China has now granted Canada access to both of its recently arrested citizens — a move one former Canadian consular official sees as an encouraging sign.
Canadian diplomats will be granted access "shortly" to the second Canadian detained in China, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday, December 14, 2018, as he predicted consequences for Canada's economy from the U.S.-China trade war.
Donald Trump's declaration that he could intervene in the extradition of a top Chinese corporate executive from Canada is raising new questions about Canada's role in the growing tensions between two superpowers.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government has contacted Chinese authorities about the detention of a sometime Canadian diplomat in China at a time of intensifying tensions between the two countries.