https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/29/huawei-meng-wanzhou-charges-not-tied-to-us-china-trade-talk-expert.html > U.S. criminal charges against Huawei are not directly tied to the ongoing trade negotiations between Beijing and Washington, according to one expert who told CNBC that's not how the American legal system works. > The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday filed criminal charges against Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei and the daughter of its founder and president Ren Zhengfei. The U.S. was seeking Meng's extradition from Canada, Acting Attorney General Matthew Whittaker said.