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Asian stock markets dropped sharply on Wednesday, led by Chinese tech stock declines, following the arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou. 

Between the lines: The arrest creates big unknowns for Huawei suppliers and partners, and also adds additional tensions to U.S.-China trade negotiations. 

Asia stocks fall sharply after Huawei CFO arrest

Business for Huawei suppliers and partners may be in limbo.

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Asian stock markets dropped sharply on Wednesday, led by Chinese tech stock declines, following the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/huawei-cfo-arrested-canada-iran-sanctions-45ae65ec-0cf3-4217-afbe-1455fae7ad3e.html" data-vars-content-id="f79bfe98-5a76-40f1-bbb6-d65939a567d8" data-vars-headline="Asia stocks fall sharply after Huawei CFO arrest" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/huawei-cfo-arrested-canada-iran-sanctions-45ae65ec-0cf3-4217-afbe-1455fae7ad3e.html" target="_self">arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou</a>. Between the lines: The arrest creates big unknowns for Huawei suppliers and partners, and also adds additional tensions to U.S.-China trade negotiations.

From the Valley to D.C., Big Tech players like Facebook, Google and Amazon are under more scrutiny than ever as new technology develops and privacy and antitrust concerns grow in lockstep with companies’ ambitions.

Asia stocks fall sharply after Huawei CFO arrest

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