freeland can answer in french and english after. >> madam freeland, do you have currently that canada is paying a heavy price in thisng been involved chargedcase and having the c.f.o. of huawei. of our citizens have been arrested in china. do you have the imfrom etion you -- impression that you are being used currently and we are being stuck between the thisd states and china in trade war against your will and you are being used politically states?y by the united [speaking foreign language] >> i'm not in complete agreement way ite question, the for canada, because ofwas not the detention ms. meng -- it was not a political decision on canada's part. a matter of following the rules. it's a matter of obligations on canada to follow through with its obligations under international agreements. canada follows the rule of law. canada follows rules. it is very important. ofecially when there's a lot pressure on the very idea of whenracy in the world, there's a lot of pressure on international order. continue tothus follow the rules. our is a strong position of governments. by the same token,

government for the legal and political process here you heard from the foreign minister chrystia freeland there saying that no party who wants to extradite someone from canada should politicize their request and she made that risk in response to a question about president donald trump statement earlier this week that if needs be it that helped expedite a trade deal between the u.s. and china that he would intervene in the while which extradition process that's something that ms freeland didn't expect to be answering questions on they called this news conference to discuss the fact that there are certain safeguards that will protect miss one joe's rights that will also make sure that senior canadian judges hear this and that it will take some time for this to unfold equally canada's got a problem because a canadian former diplomat who's on leave to work for the international crisis group has been picked up in china and is being questioned by the beijing state security bureau now it's not been directly confirmed that this is a tit for tat move but many former canadian diplomats think it is

. >> with that turn things over to foreign minister freeland, for your remarks and introduced secretary mattis lacks that you might and bonjour. hello everyone and thank you for being here. i would like to thank the state and the secretary of defense. for the warm welcome today. in the us, one of the closest relationships in the whole entire world. we are allies and partners in areas such as trade, order protection and of course hemispheric events and international security. especially through nato and norad. i would like to thank our host for giving us the opportunity to meet here today and to further discuss these topics as well as other issues of common interest for our two countries. there are no close orders in the world and canada and the united states area that we share the world's longest undependableborder and we are each other's largest exporter . >> since the second world war we have worked side-by-side with rules-based international order to fight liberal democracy . this 2+2 meeting has been in the works for a while and it is a real pleasure to be able to spend time with ou

you heard from the foreign minister chrystia freeland there saying that no party who wants to extradite someone from canada should politicize their request and she made that reese in response to a question about president donald trump statement earlier this week that if needs be that help expedite a trade deal between the u.s. and china then he would intervene in the way extradition process that's something that ms freeland didn't expect to be answering questions on they call this news conference to discuss the fact that there are certain safeguards that will protect miss one joe's rights that will also make sure that senior canadian judges hear this and that it will take some time for this to unfold equally canada's got a problem because a canadian former diplomat who's on leave to work for the international crisis group has been picked up in china and is being questioned by the beijing state security bureau and it's not been directly confirmed that this is a tit for tat move but many former canadian diplomats think it is it's a real problem unfolding for the canadians still ahead on a

the extradition process of while ways chief financial officer should not be politicized chrystia freeland made the comments often u.s. president donald trump says he's willing to intervene in his case if that meant he could strike a trade deal with china. faces extradition to the u.s. where she's accused of violating sanctions on iran those are the headlines join me for more news off the inside story. the u.n. finally agrees on a road map to help migrants and refugees well why what's called the global compact was just been adopted into a cash. and kind of compromise to greece with the countries that rejected the agreement this is inside story. hello and welcome to this special edition of inside story from care in morocco i'm hashim. the global compact for migration was adopted here after two years of intense negotiations are some of the signatories remain divided the compact is not about for the u.n. this is a unique opportunity for well to address the migration and refugee crisis the agreement stresses the need to protect migrants resettle them and allow access to schools and health care

the extradition process of while weighs chief financial officer should not be politicized chrystia freeland made the comments after u.s. president donald trump said he is willing to intervene in maine long shows case if that meant he could strike a deal with china and was arrested in vancouver eleven days ago she was released after agreeing to a bail bond she faces extradition to the u.s. for she's accused of violating sanctions on iran a place in france have arrested a former leader of a militia from the central african republic a trace of interests own a command of the and alaka that's a christian group which targeted muslims international criminal court issued a warrant for his detention he is accused of committing crimes against humanity and the interreligious fighting five years ago. those are the headlines keep it on al-jazeera there's much more news to come radicalized youth is next. as britain prepares to exit the e.u. people in power investigates disturbing allegations about the tactics used by the winning leave campaign we know that the law was broken and we know that campaigns ov

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. >> thank you minister freeland, and i echoed secretary pompeius comment that ours was a discussion among friends. we saw each other eight days ago in ottawa and today's meeting signals how our two militaries work to stay closely aligned on a range of issues worldwide. for americans enduring familiar kinship with canada and in my case, it is familial. in a canadian infantry. canadian and american forces have fought bravely alongside each other in the great war at normandy following the 9/11 attack on our country. today we continue our cooperation in pursuit of our mutual security. the air defense command were canadian and u.s. fighters together disguised about north america and our 360 million people. and standted in nato with european allies against the full scope of russia maligned influence to include moscow's brazen contempt of international law in the cursor straight and action against the ukrainian people. canadian any u.k. training and the baltics represent our combined efforts to promote stability and deter evocative activity. canada and united states are united insecurity b

the extradition process of while ways chief financial officer should not be politicized chrystia freeland made the comments after u.s. president donald trump said he is willing to intervene in maine one show its case if that meant he could strike a trade deal with china making faces extradition to the u.s. where she's accused of violating sanctions on iran police in france of arrested a former leader of a militia from the central african republic patrice edward and guy of santa commanded the anti black that's a christian group which targeted muslims the international criminal court issued a warrant for his detention those are the headlines join me for more news here to part two of al-jazeera wilde's. in the darkest of times brave men and women stood up. when oppressed they rose. together they fought for greater justice respect and compassion. they had a dream for a better future. today we are at a turning. the stakes are high climate change inequality. hate speech you may feel overwhelmed but there is hope. you. we together can create the change we want. by speaking out by standing up by

there is daniel lack reports from toronto you heard from the foreign minister chrystia freeland there saying that no party who wants to extradite someone from canada should politicize their request and she made that risk in response to a question about president donald trump statement earlier this week that if needs be it helped expedite a trade deal between the us and china that he would intervene in the while we're extradition process that's something that is feeling didn't expect to be answering questions on they called this news conference to discuss the fact that there are certain safeguards that will protect miss one joe's rights that will also make sure that senior canadian judges hear this and that it will take some time for this to one full equally canada's got a problem because a canadian former diplomat who's on leave to work for the international crisis group has been picked up in china and is being questioned by the beijing state security bureau now it's not been directly confirmed that this is a tit for tat move but many former canadian diplomats think it is it's a real

canada's foreign minister, chrystia freeland, says officials have been unable to contact a man who says authorities. we are aware of a canadian who got in touch with us because he was being asked questions by chinese authorities. we have not been able to make contact with him since he let us know about this. we are working very hard to ascertain his whereabouts, and we have also raised this case with the chinese authorities. we are in touch with his family. hundreds of police are still hunting the gunman who escaped last night, after killing three people and injuring 13 others at a christmas market in the french city of strasbourg. there are fears the gunman may have crossed the border into germany, the security forces there are on alert. investigators say it was an act of terror. damian grammaticus reports now from strasbourg. this is a city on alert. hundreds of police and soldiers on a manhunt for a killer. but where did he go? if even the nearby border watched, to stop him slipping away. cherif chekatt, the suspected gunmen. police now appealing for help finding him. screaming he'd

retaliate in order to protect our legitimate rights and safeguard the global free trade order.chrystia freelandanadian finance minister: canada has therefore, truly, more in sorrow than in anger announced a perfectly reciprocal, measured dollar for dollar retaliation response.matt rivers, cnn: if you were afraid to call it a trade war before you should not be afraid to use that term anymore after a major escalation in the spat between the us and china.donald trump is bent on changing the equation of world trade.donald trump president of the united states: we will be meeting with president xi tonight. i will be in. my group. small group, and he will have a small group of representatives and we'll be talking about a thing called trade.amara walker, cnn: we begin with a time out. theu.s. and china taking a pause in their escalating trade dispute. president trump and chinese leader xi jinping cut a deal at the g 20 summit in argentina. well sort of.steven jiang, cnn: mr. trump wants to see trying to not only buy more from theu.s. but also stop stealing american intellectual property and stop subsid

retaliate in order to protect our legitimate rights and safeguard the global free trade order.chrystia freeland canadian finance minister: canada has therefore, truly, more in sorrow than in anger announced a perfectly reciprocal, measured dollar for dollar retaliation response.matt rivers, cnn: if you were afraid to call it a trade war before you should not be afraid to use that term anymore after a major escalation in the spat between the us and china.donald trump is bent on changing the equation of world trade.donald trump president of the united states: we will be meeting with president xi tonight. i will be in. my group. small group, and he will have a small group of representatives and we'll be talking about a thing called trade.amara walker, cnn: we begin with a time out. theu.s. and china taking a pause in their escalating trade dispute. president trump and chinese leader xi jinping cut a deal at the g 20 summit in argentina. well sort of.steven jiang, cnn: mr. trump wants to see trying to not only buy more from theu.s. but also stop stealing american intellectual property and stop subs

secretary of state mike pompeo, defense secretary james mattis and canadian foreign minister chrystia freeland. one of the main topics discussed was china and canada's arrest of huawei executive meng wanzhou. pompeo called the retaliation detention by china of two canadian businessmen quote, unacceptable and said they ought to be returned. let me bring in edward lawrence. you have been all over this story. you are live at the white house. it's not a huge jump to say that it's almost like the timing is pretty amazing to put the squeeze on china once again here. reporter: yeah, coincidence, interesting coincidence, i heard that a number of times today and over the past couple days. we're embroiled in a sort of triangle between foreign policy and trade. the canadians have been drawn into the trade negotiations the u.s. has going on with china. canada arrested the huawei cfo on december 1st for extradition back to the united states for breaking the iran sanctions. now, today, a chinese spokesman for the foreign ministry tweeted out or said in a statement the chinese side has been asking the canadi

listen to chrystia freeland, the foreign minister of canada. >> i have spoken this week with the chinese ambassador to canada. we had many contacts with chinese authorities. chinese officials in their contact with canada have not drawn a connection between these different issues. >> both sides as you hear, canada, the u.s., want to make it very clear to the markets, the world, these are two separate issues. has nothing to do with the trade in terms of detainment of two canadians in china and also the arrest of the huawei cfo. melissa: susan, thank you. connell: president's tweet on progress on the china trade deal, can both nations walk away satisfied? steve forbes joins us on the ongoing trade war. that is coming up. melissa: border battle continues. details on the new idea that could be the key to give the president his wall funding while making democratic leaders happy. connell: president looking for a new chief of staff. one possible contender on the job pulled his name off the list. who ends up getting the title? gerry baker coming up on that. "wall street journal" editor-at-large.

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stephen: christian freeland is saying that a second canadian with authorities, questioned by chinesehas been unable to be contacted. there is fear that he has been detained in china after we got news yesterday that former canadian diplomat is the canadian foreign service. michael has been detained. national security investigation. they speculated a tit-for-tat retaliation. neither country, canada or china have can armed the connection between the 2 -- have confirmed the connection between the two. we heard that donald trump yesterday may intervene in this standoff to help broker a deal on the trade front with china. people says that raise a lot of alarm bells because that puts other americans abroad in danger of also being detained. the u.s. is willing to negotiate and they will get political leverage. and they will take americans hostage. you have heard chinese business leaders say that people traveling to the u.s. or to america should be concerned or maybe reconsider those trips as well? this comes as a knock -- at an awkward time as trade tensions seem to be improving. soybean pur

. >> how about freeland, remember her from the financial times >> she's a distinct globalist. chinese going after the globalists is a mistake because the europeans are very global. don't mess with canada you mess with canada -- nobody thinks canada is bad who thinks canada is bad you got anybody you know that does not like canada >> everybody likes canada. >> they're not going to like hockey it is about hockey canadians will not be able to play >> at the big board today, the cooper company celebrating its 30th anniversary and at the nasdaq, amdocs amd is going to lead us with 4.5% j jim, who needs to lead >> when i call china stock you know what i feel about lisa suh. how strong she is. she's the winner in every single case in the exception when she goes head to head with nvidia. nvidia is hurt by the crypto craze. >> strong open here as we can see. the nasdaq yesterday was an area of strength even during the significant downturn stocks. it was down, don't get me wrong. it was not down as much and faang performed well facebook was up. >> a lot of people feel the worse is over.

with that, i would like to turn things over to foreign minister freeland to make a few remarks.e secretary mattis, that would be great. >> thank you, mike. hello, everyone. thank you for being here. first of all, i would like to thank the secretary of state pompeo and the secretary of defense mattis for their warm welcome today. canada and the u.s. have one of the closest relationships in the whole entire world. we are allies and partners in areas such as trade, border protection and of course, hemispheric defense and international security. neil: we are going to continue monitoring this because they are obviously talking about this new mexico canada united states agreement. we are going to be flipping back when they have a chance to address this tiff the canadians have with china with the apprehension of this millionaire canadian entrepreneur and former trade diplomat. they haven't gotten to that and how this might affect the ongoing chinese trade talks, which are working on a separate level from the separate agreement we had with canada and mexico. again, canada was a late sig

today force minister freeland will be in washington meeting with pompeo and mattis these are high levelr koun countries. but today is the day we have to have a serious conversation that, look this is an extradition law this is by justice and law this should never, ever fall in the realm of politics. and the president's language this last week was unacceptable and we need to clarify this is by law and not by politics if he turns this into a political scenario going forward, i think he's really putting a vice on our best friend and next door neighbor canada i think the canadians are going to tell the americans that >> okay. again, back to this idea of thinking we can renegotiate the deal how likely of a situation is that it feels like we barely got over the finish line with the deal that all three countries just agreed with. you go back and start opening this up, and, man. >> well, it depends what you ask for and how you implement that so first of all, there are a lot of good provisions in this agreement, but i think upcoming speaker nancy pelosi has made it clear she wants to make sure t