Trump Put Fentanyl at the Core of US-China Trade Spat
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President Donald Trump feels confident the flow of fentanyl from China will be curbed following a “great meeting” with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea. The meeting prompted Trump to cut in half the tariffs the U.
A factory producing fentanyl for hospitals in China denies that its drug ends up in the U.S. The U.S. accuses China of producing the precursor chemicals for fentanyl that is smuggled across the southern border.
FBI Director Kash Patel is set to visit China next month as the agency cracks down on international suppliers of chemicals tied to fentanyl.
The US and China reached a preliminary consensus on fentanyl and ship levies after two days of wide-ranging discussions, a Chinese official said, in tentative signs of easing tensions between the world’s two largest economies.
President Donald Trump says fentanyl will be the subject of the “first question” he asks when he meets with China's president in South Korea, the last stop of his three-country Asia tour.