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US Praises China Action On Fentanyl But Sees Political Risks

Senior US official Jen Daskal walks next to Xu Datong, director of China's Narcotic Control Bureau, after the launch of the US-China Counternarcotics Working Group at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on January 30, 2024 (Credit: AFP)

The United States has seen important action by China on curbing fentanyl, a senior official said Friday after talks in Beijing, but he acknowledged the risk that friction between the two powers would "blow up" progress.

Making good on a commitment during a November summit between Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping, a US delegation held an inaugural meeting this week in China on the flow of fentanyl, the powerful painkiller behind an addiction epidemic in the United States.

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