President Trump’s sanctions against Iran
have just intersected with his trade war against China. The intersection
comes in the form of the arrest of Meng Wanzhou, an executive with
Huawei Technologies, one of the most prominent companies in China. Meng
was arrested by Canadian officials on the request of U.S. officials as
she was changing planes in Vancouver.
U.S. officials are now seeking Meng’s
extradition to face criminal charges in the United States. The charges?
Get this: They are alleging that she violated Trump’s sanctions against
Iran.
What? Meng isn’t a U.S. citizen. What does she have to do with Trump’s sanctions against Iran?
Well, you see, when the U.S. government
imposes sanctions on a foreign country, it expects not just U.S.
citizens to comply with its dictates. It expects everyone in the world
to comply with its dictates. That’s how the U.S. worldwide empire
operates. The empire has worldwide jurisdiction. Its criminal laws apply
to everyone in the world. Our country’s ruler issues the orders, and
everyone in the world must obey or face the prospect of being arrested,
brought to the United States, and placed in a federal penitentiary.
Meng’s arrest, of course, cannot be
divorced from Trump’s trade war against China. By arresting Meng, Trump,
the self-labeled “Tariff Man,” is obviously upping the ante in his
trade war to bring further pressure to bear on China to succumb to his
trade demands.
That might happen. But it is also
possible that something else might happen. Executives of major U.S.
companies who travel to China now might well find themselves in the same
straits that Meng finds herself. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if
lots of U.S. businessmen suddenly find reasons not to travel to China...........https://www.fff.org/2018/12/07/trumps-sanctions-meet-his-trade-war/
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