As China Looks for Way Out of U.S. Trade Deadlock, Fentanyl Could Be Key

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/world/asia/us-china-tariffs-fentanyl.html

by wslh • 1 year ago

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wslh2• 1 year ago

https://archive.is/841pC

sigwinch• 1 year ago

Kind of a naive story, when

Complicating matters more is the fact that many of the precursor chemicals are also used to make legal pharmaceutical drugs.

I suppose producers often need workarounds because every year some yet-legal precursors are found in drug labs.

So maybe China should go one step further. Start talking about R-30490, Ohmefentanyl, and other related drugs. Maybe strike a deal with Russia to ban its manufacture of 3-methylfentanyl.

vaidhy• 1 year ago

The trade deadlock is not about fentanyl. The sooner we admit the truth to ourselves, the lesser it will hurt.

wslh2• 1 year ago

Am I the only one whose first thought after reading the title was the Opium Wars [1]?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars

As China Looks for Way Out of U.S. Trade Deadlock, Fentanyl Could Be Key

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