BEIJING, Nov 28 — US president-elect Donald Trump has threatened to slap blistering new tariffs on Chinese goods in response to Beijing’s alleged role in a deadly opioid...
Johor civil servants to don traditional attire with ‘Kain Benang’ Johor every Friday starting next year, in conjunction with state’s new official weekend
And while the Congressional Research Service acknowledged this year that direct supplies of the drug from China had been stemmed by stricter controls from Beijing in 2019, it said the move had simply shifted the supply lines. In response to Trump’s threat this week to impose a 10 percent tariff, its foreign ministry said that “China is one of the world’s toughest countries” when it comes to drugs.President Joe Biden’s administration has made the fight against fentanyl a priority.
China condemned the moves at the time as part of a US campaign of “pressure and sanctions” against it.China-US talks on drug control had stalled in the face of some of their worst relations in years. Experts say that manufacturers are able to develop new variants of the synthetic precursors faster than they can be identified and added to scheduled lists of substances controlled by Chinese authorities.
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