The activities of a data company with ties to China’s government underscores the breadth of Beijing’s global ambitions, Matthew Fisher says.

If Ottawa does announce a formal ban on Huawei, the affected telecommunications companies have made clear they want compensation for tearing out their existing Huawei gear, said two sources close to the matter.

``I think everyone is looking at that with a grain of salt,'' Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne told The Canadian Press.

Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Francois-Philippe Champagne urged Beijing to release the two Canadians during a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Rome on Tuesday.

Meng was arrested in December 2018 at the Vancouver airport on a U.S. warrant charging her with bank fraud for allegedly misleading HSBC about Huawei's business dealings in Iran.

The Commerce Department's new rules, rolled out Monday, will further block Huawei from accessing chip technology.

Meng, 48, was arrested in December 2018 at Vancouver International Airport on a U.S. warrant charging her with bank fraud for allegedly misleading HSBC about Huawei's business dealings in Iran.

Lawyers for the Huawei executive say documents released Friday ahead of a hearing scheduled for September prove the U.S. left out key facts in their case against Meng.

It's the second Canadian in two days to receive a death penalty for drugs and fourth since Canada detained a top Huawei executive in 2018.

The documents released Friday are the government's arguments to be used during a hearing next April.