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OTTAWA — A narrow majority of Canadians disapproves of how Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is navigating a tense downward spiral in Canada-China relations, a new poll has found.

The arrest of a Huawei executive in December for possible extradition to the United States is what triggered the current decline, but a similar majority said in late January that they agreed with the arrest, according to results of an Angus Reid Institute survey released on Friday.

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There is no disagreement on the severity of the situation — 92 per cent think it’s either “quite” or “very” serious.

Canadian Justice Minister David Lametti confirmed this week his department has received a formal request from the U.S. to extradite Meng Wanzhou on criminal charges including bank fraud and obstruction of justice. A 13-count indictment against her, Huawei Technologies and two of its subsidiaries was unsealed in the U.S. Tuesday. Now, the justice department has a month to examine the Americans’ case and decide whether to proceed with hearings at the British Columbia Superior Court.