the arrest in canada of a chinese corporate officer for evading the empire's sanctions on iran is an arrogant and ignorant move which will bring no good to any in the empire which bill bonner will tell you about here;


BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – Whatever good was done by the Trump/Xi trade war truce in Buenos Aires was likely undone by what was done in Vancouver Airport earlier this month.

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The U.S. stock market warmed to the idea of a ceasefire last Monday morning. Then came word that the U.S. government had arrested Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Chinese technology firm Huawei. The feds got the Canadians to collar the poor woman while she was changing planes in Vancouver.
Few people in the U.S. have ever heard of Huawei. Still, the event had a pin-like look to it. And by the end of the week, investors had lost $1 trillion. This morning, by inference from futures trading, they are set to lose a half a trillion more.
What was Ms. Wanzhou’s crime? Mass murder? Grand larceny?
Nope. Even she didn’t know what the charges were..............https://www.theburningplatform.com/2018/12/10/americas-franz-ferdinand-moment/