China Says Fentanyl Is the Responsibility of the United States, Rejecting Punitive Tariffs

Experts said that fentanyl has played a key role in the U.S.–China tariff war and that there are four scenarios for the conflict’s future development.

Packets of fentanyl and methamphetamine seized from a truck crossing into Arizona from Mexico are displayed during a news conference at the Port of Nogales, Ariz., on Jan. 31, 2019. U.S. Customs and Border Protection/Reuters

The Chinese communist regime has said that fentanyl is a U.S. domestic problem, not China’s responsibility.

The statement came as the two countries reached a truce in the tariff war after talks in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 12. The 20 percent U.S. tariff imposed on Chinese goods linked to illicit fentanyl, however, hasn’t been lifted.