An employee stands at a reception desk at the Huawei Technologies Co. cyber security lab in Dongguan, China, on Wednesday, March 6, 2019. Huawei, China’s biggest smartphone maker, is using its financial and political clout to fight U.S. allegations that the company was involved in bank fraud, technology theft and spying Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
The surprise arrest of Huawei's chief financial officer in December quickly turned the executive, Meng Wanzhou, into a central figure in a trade war between two economic superpowers.
US President Donald Trump told Reuters he would consider intervening in her case – a potential action he alluded to again two weeks ago – if it would help close a trade deal with China.
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