When asked about a Wall Street Journal report that said the U.S. government was negotiating with Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou to return to China from Canada in exchange for admitting wrongdoing, and if Canada was involved in the discussions, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday said that he is “not going to comment on these reports,” but his government’s priority is the safe return home of two Canadians detained in China, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor.
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