1, about invitation
People familiar with the matter said that according to their own information, the meeting on 20 13 was an invitation from HSBC to Huawei to meet with Meng Wanzhou. The source also said that when banks invite senior customers, they usually invite them by official mail, but this meeting should not send invitation mail.
During the meeting, Meng Wanzhou introduced Thomas in Chinese through an interpreter. Later, at Thomas' request, he handed over the English version of PPT to HSBC. It is said that based on her PPT presentation, HSBC decided to maintain its business relationship with Huawei.
2. Why did the contents of the meeting fall into the hands of Americans and become "key evidence"
201212 February, the U.S. department of justice announced that it would take compulsory action against HSBC, and both parties signed a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA), in which HSBC promised to improve compliance and fully cooperate with investigators.
Zhu, a professor of international law at Renmin University of China, said: "Under the Anglo-Saxon legal system, there is a term called plea bargaining. In other words, HSBC realized that it had done something wrong, but in order to avoid responsibility, it turned to the United States and reached a deal with the US prosecutor. This is very likely. "
3. Does HSBC sacrifice customers for "self-protection"?
It is reported that from 2065438 to February 2007, the US Treasury Department, the Ministry of Commerce, the Department of Homeland Security and the Ministry of Justice gathered in Washington to discuss how to promote the investigation against Huawei, including its relationship with HSBC. Not long after the meeting, the HSBC authorities got the evidence that Xingtong Company was related to Huawei, including PPT documents.
The deferred prosecution agreement requires the full cooperation of all parties within HSBC, such as employees, directors, employees and agents within HSBC, and does not explicitly mention customers.
Bobby Chen, director of the Law Research Association of the Bank of China, commented that any country protects the legal rights of a company and can cooperate according to law, but there is no need to sacrifice the interests of customers.
4. Details missed in 4.PPT
This PPT became the key evidence for the United States to sue Meng Wanzhou for fraud. They accused her of making false statements about the company's contact and compliance with Iran, which put HSBC at risk.
However, when PPT was submitted to the Canadian court as evidence, it missed a key point: the part about Huawei's efforts to abide by the US sanctions treaty.
20 16 before the United States began to investigate Huawei, Huawei was not warned by the relevant departments of the United States about compliance issues.
Wilbur Ross, US Secretary of Commerce: "I have heard a lot of rumors about Huawei, but so far our Ministry of Commerce has not found any violations of Huawei."
5. The change of American attitude.
Einar Dunn, a former US prosecutor, said: "Obviously, this is a decision from the highest level."
Trump said that this is a card he intends to use in trade negotiations. US President Donald Trump: "If this is good for the biggest trade agreement in history, I will definitely intervene if necessary."
American lawyer Edward Lehman also said: "Some people will objectively say, yes, this is equivalent to the death penalty developed by Huawei in the United States, and it is a good way to get rid of competition."
Einar Dunn, a former US prosecutor, commented that in the whole case, Trump "kidnapped" Meng Wanzhou, and "kidnapped" her in order to threaten her father and the China administration and realize Trump's own political interests at the expense of her freedom.
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