Hong Kong (CNN Business) The United States will soon make a formal request for the extradition of Huawei's chief financial officer, marking the next step in a case that has set off a geopolitical storm.

The US Department of Justice said in a statement Tuesday that it will meet a deadline next week to file the request with Canadian authorities.

The arrest of the Chinese executive, Meng Wanzhou, in Vancouver last month has strained relations between Canada, the United States and China . It has also raised questions about how far the US government may go in its efforts to clamp down on Huawei, a top Chinese tech company that it regards as a national security threat.

China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday reiterated its request for Meng to be released, claiming the United States and Canada had abused their extradition treaty.

Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters at a regular briefing that Canada "made a serious mistake at the beginning" and Meng's case is not a "regular judicial case."

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