Some U.S. national-security experts who have urged the U.S. to take a tough line on China said they viewed the deal as a surrender that the Chinese government would use to its advantage. “I suspect that Beijing will conclude that hostage-taking works and that Washington will capitulate when pressured,” said Matt Turpin, a former China director on the National Security Council in the Trump administration.
The deal to free Ms. Meng risks a backlash in Congress, where some Republicans have accused the Biden administration of being too lenient against Huawei compared with former PresidentDonald Trump.