Trudeau going to Washington to seek support in China row

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will pay a visit to the White House next week to discuss trade and ask President Donald Trump to lean on China to release two Canadians he says have been "arbitrarily detained," the government announced Thursday.

The June 20 visit will be his first to Washington since 2017, and will come after once-tense personal relations with Trump appear to have warmed.

"Ahead of the upcoming G20 Osaka Summit, the two leaders will discuss key global challenges, including China's wrongful detention of two Canadian citizens," Trudeau's office said in a statement.

Trump has ramped up his aggressive stance towards China in a bid to pressure Beijing to make a deal with Washington on trade.

Canada was dragged into the fray last December when it arrested a senior executive at Chinese tech giant Huawei, Meng Wanzhou, during a flight stopover in Vancouver on a US warrant.

In a move widely seen as retaliation and described by observers as "hostage diplomacy," Beijing ...