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China Arrests Seven in Fentanyl Crackdown After US Pressure
The crackdown in Hubei province targeted production to export in 22 cases, leading to seven arrests and penalties for four companies, state media reported.
- On Thursday, Hubei province arrested seven people and shut down more than 200 websites in a crackdown on fentanyl precursor chemicals, state media reported. The operation targets the production-to-export supply chain.
- The operation followed a December directive from China's Ministry of Public Security establishing a task force that investigated 22 cases involving illicit precursor chemicals through February.
- Using Drug Enforcement Agency intelligence, investigators in Wuhan cracked a case involving state-controlled psychoactive substances and Category II precursor chemicals. Additionally, 12 people were subjected to "coercive measures."
- The crackdown follows an October agreement where President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping established a one-year truce, rolling back fentanyl-related tariffs to 10%.
- Diplomatic engagements remain uncertain after President Trump postponed a Beijing summit over the Iran War, though Trump plans to travel to Asia in about five or six weeks.
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China this week announced a major crackdown on fentanyl precursors, a move widely seen as a gesture of goodwill ahead of President Donald Trump’s planned visit. But analysts warned that while this might address one major US grievance, it remained to be seen whether the United States would reciprocate and help the two sides move on to tackling other serious disputes, such as tariffs. The crackdown in the central province of Hubei started in Decem…
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