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US Sanctions Target Chinese Firms Involved With Fentanyl Supply Chain

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US Sanctions Target Chinese Firms Involved With Fentanyl Supply Chain

US Sanctions Target Chinese Firms Involved With Fentanyl Supply Chain

US Sanctions Target , Chinese Firms Involved With , Fentanyl Supply Chain.

BBC reports that 25 China-based firms and individuals are facing United States sanctions for their alleged production of chemicals used to produce fentanyl.

The news comes as fentanyl, a powerful opioid prescribed as a painkiller and sedative, remains at the center of an ongoing drug crisis in the U.S. According to Attorney General Merrick Garland, fentanyl's supply chain , "often starts with chemical companies in China".

AFP news agency reports that the Chinese foreign ministry criticized the sanctions, claiming that the fentanyl crisis remains rooted in America.

AFP news agency reports that the Chinese foreign ministry criticized the sanctions, claiming that the fentanyl crisis remains rooted in America.

Imposing pressure and sanctions cannot solve the United States' own problems. It will only create obstacles in the China-U.S. co-operation on drug control, Chinese Foreign Ministr, via AFP news agency.

According to the U.S. Treasury Department, the sanctions are aimed at a "China-based network responsible for the manufacturing and distribution" of precursors of fentanyl.

We know who is responsible for poisoning the American people with fentanyl, Merrick Garland, United States Attorney General, via BBC.

We know that this network includes the cartels' leaders, their drug traffickers, their money launderers, their clandestine lab operators, their security forces, their weapons suppliers, and their chemical suppliers, Merrick Garland, United States Attorney General, via BBC.

And we know that this global fentanyl supply chain, which ends with the deaths of Americans, often starts with chemical companies in China, Merrick Garland, United States Attorney General, via BBC.

And we know that this global fentanyl supply chain, which ends with the deaths of Americans, often starts with chemical companies in China, Merrick Garland, United States Attorney General, via BBC.

BBC reports that fentanyl , was linked to a record , 109,680 deaths in 2022


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