Beijing: US President Donald Trump has said he would potentially intervene in the extradition case against Huawei finance executive Meng Wanzhou if it helped get a better trade deal with China. 
 
 Trump's comments came before a Vancouver court made a decision on Tuesday, US time, to grant Meng $US7.5 million ($10.3 million) bail, and prompted a strong response from analysts who feared it would confirm suspicions in China the arrest of Meng was politically motivated. 
 
 In this courtroom sketch, Meng Wanzhou, right, the chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies, listens to the judge during a bail hearing in Vancouver, Canada. Credit:The Canadian Press/AP 
 
 The diplomatic fallout from her arrest by Canadian authorities, acting on behalf of the US, has deepened with a former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig detained in China. 
 
 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his government was taking the "the situation of a Canadian detained in China" very seriously and had been in direct contact with Chinese diplomats and were offering consular assistance to the family. ||||| Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. 
 
 / Updated By Linda Givetash 
 
 China summoned the U.S. ambassador on Sunday after warning Canada of "grave consequences" if a top executive of leading tech giant Huawei isn't released from detention on a U.S. arrest warrant. 
 
 Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng met with U.S. Ambassador Terry Branstad to lodge a "strong protest" against the arrest of Meng Wanzhou, Huawei's chief financial officer, the ministry said in a statement. 
 
 Le urged the United States to withdraw its arrest warrant and warned the ambassador that further measures will depend on U.S. actions, the statement said. 
 
 Meng faces extradition to the United States after being arrested in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Dec. 1. A bail hearing is set to resume on Monday. 
 
 Le's meeting with Branstad follows a similar meeting with Canadian Ambassador John McCallum. 
 
 Le told the state media outlet Xinhua News Agency on Saturday that he warned Canada should release Meng immediately or face "grave consequences" for violating Meng's rights and ignoring the law, calling the arrest "unreasonable, unconscionable, and vile in nature." 
 
 Meng's arrest came just as U.S.-China trade tensions showed signs of easing, with President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreeing to hold off on new tariffs to give more time for officials to reach an agreement. 
 
 But the arrest, which happened on the same day as the Trump-Xi meeting, caused markets to nosedive as fears of a prolonged trade war were renewed. 
 
 On Sunday, the ruling Communist Party's official People's Daily said that while China would not "cause trouble," it also did not fear trouble and that nobody should underestimate China's determination on this case. 
 
 "Only if the Canadian side corrects its mistake and immediately stops infringing upon the lawful, legitimate rights of a Chinese citizen and gives a proper accounting to the Chinese people can it avoid paying a heavy price for this," it said in an editorial. 
 
 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau denied there were any political motivations or interference in Meng's arrest at a press conference last week. "We respect the independence of our judicial processes," he said. 
 
 Meng first appeared in a Vancouver court Friday for a bail hearing. 
 
 The court heard that the U.S. government believes she lied about her ties to a Hong Kong company that tried to circumvent trade sanctions against Iran. 
 
 A lawyer for the Canadian Justice Department told a Vancouver judge that Meng misled U.S. banks to believe her company had no ties to Skycom Tech, which tried to sell American computer equipment to an Iranian mobile phone company. 
 
 American investigators believe Skycom works as a subsidiary of Huawei, Canadian authorities said. 
 
 Meng faces up to 30 years in prison in the United States, making her an extreme flight risk, according to the Canadian government lawyer. 
 
 But Meng's attorney David Martin said she would submit to electronic monitoring and wouldn't skip bail. 
 
 The hearing is expected to continue Monday to determine whether Meng will remain in custody. 
 
 Huawei, which recently passed Apple as the second-biggest maker of cellphones after Samsung Electronics, has been the target of deepening U.S. security concerns. Under Trump and his predecessor, Barack Obama, Washington has pressured European countries and other allies to limit use of its technology. 
 
 Huawei's founder and Meng's father, Ren Zhengfei, is a former Chinese army engineer and part of the country's political elite. 
 
 The U.S. sees Huawei and smaller Chinese tech suppliers as possible fronts for Chinese spying and as commercial competitors. The Trump administration says they benefit from improper subsidies and market barriers. 
 
 Trump's tariff hikes this year on Chinese imports stemmed from complaints Beijing steals or pressures foreign companies to hand over technology. But American officials also worry more broadly about Chinese plans for state-led industry development they believe may erode U.S. industrial leadership. 
 
 U.S. leaders are also concerned that Beijing is using the growth of Chinese business abroad to gain strategic leverage.
– Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou is out on bail in Vancouver—and whether her next destination is her home in China or a cell in the US could be up to President Trump. In an interview Tuesday with Reuters, Trump said he would consider intervening with the Justice Department in the case it was good for trade deals. "Whatever's good for this country, I would do," he said. "If I think it’s good for what will be certainly the largest trade deal ever made—which is a very important thing—what’s good for national security—I would certainly intervene if I thought it was necessary." Chinese officials have warned that the US and Canada could face retaliation for the arrest of Meng, who was detained Dec. 1 in Canada at the request of US authorities. If Canadian authorities consent, Meng could be extradited to the US to face fraud charges related to the alleged violation of sanctions against Iran. Trump said that he has yet to speak to China's President Xi Jinping on the matter, but White House officials have contacted Chinese officials and the Justice Department. Trump's claim that he would intervene to help trade deals contradicts statements made by US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, who called the case a "criminal justice matter" unrelated to trade talks, Politico reports. In China, Trump's remarks have raised suspicions that Meng's arrest was politically motivated, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. (China has reportedly detained a former Canadian diplomat.)