Published: 9:53pm, 26 Mar 2025
Updated: 9:53pm, 26 Mar 2025
Drugs made using a pill press, a key piece of equipment that China has agreed to further controls on. Photo: Reuters
US President Donald Trump has linked his tariff war with China to fentanyl smuggling by blaming Beijing for failing to stop the flow of the chemicals needed to make the drug.
Although fentanyl and other synthetic opioids have been a long-standing problem in the United States, Trump’s decision to link it to the trade war has reignited the issue.
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