During an interview with the BBC released on Friday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that “We’ve seen a real change in terms of cooperation from China in trying to deal with” fentanyl and China is “taking it seriously.”
Blinken said, “[T]he way it’s made is, with chemicals, ingredients, the precursors that get synthesized into this opioid. And those chemicals are often manufactured in China, for totally appropriate and legal purposes, but then they get diverted to criminal organizations that turn them into fentanyl and send them into the United States. We’ve seen a real change in terms of cooperation from China in trying to deal with that. But, in my conversations today, we focused on how to carry that forward to have a real impact, to make sure we have results, certain steps that we’re looking to China to take to demonstrate that.”
He also stated that China is “taking it seriously. But there’s a difference, as we would say, between inputs and impacts. And to get the impact, which is really slowing, if not ending the flow of these chemicals toward the United States, there are really three things that would be important, I think, that can…
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