China's Canada spat will damage ties with rest of West

US allies have condemned China’s detention of Canadian citizens in retaliation for the detention of a Chinese executive

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  • Trade bait
  • Bad for Huawei
  • No equivalence
  • Reverberations around the West
  • Chilling effect
  • Ongoing escalation

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