Here is the breaking news on this: Trump says release of Huawei CFO could be part of a trade deal with China

US President Trump was interviewed by Reuters.

  • "If I think it's good for what will be certainly the largest trade deal ever made - which is a very important thing - what's good for national security - I would certainly intervene if I thought it was necessary"

On China:

  • "They have not called me yet. They are talking to my people. But they have not called me yet"

I'll dig up a link for more... here we go

I am now already seeing suggestions that real world politics involves hostage taking. Ugly stuff.