The announcement comes as China’s top trade envoy heads to Washington to hammer out a deal.
By Gerry Shih Gerry Shih China Correspondent Email Bio Follow April 1 at 6:00 AM BEIJING — China said Monday it will tighten regulation of fentanyl-related substances as a gesture to the United States, where the synthetic opioid has caused tens of thousands of overdose deaths every year and fueled a public health crisis.
U.S. officials including Trade Representative Robert E. Lighthizer have pushed Beijing to significantly broaden its list of scheduled substances to cover the entire class of synthetic opioids, their analogues and precursors, and crack down on their unchecked production and export. Liu said China’s shipments of opioids to the United States were “extremely limited” — a claim that runs counter to allegations by U.S. law enforcement that the vast majority of fentanyl-like substances originates in China and enters the country through mail parcels.
A 2015 review by a national interagency task force examining heroin and overdose deaths made no mention of China or how fentanyl is smuggled into the country by mail.
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