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Biden: “We have to check this”; on an agreement with China to combat fentanyl

  • November 21, 2023
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President Joe Biden assured that The United States will verify that China execute with what was agreed last week in San Francisco by fentanyl traffickingincluding shutting down companies

Biden: “We have to check this”;  on an agreement with China to combat fentanyl

President Joe Biden assured that The United States will verify that China execute with what was agreed last week in San Francisco by fentanyl traffickingincluding shutting down companies that export the chemicals used to make the drug.

“China has already taken steps to shut down companies involved in the illegal trade of precursor chemicals.

“We’re not going to just hope it happens: we have to verify it,” Biden said during a meeting with US officials, according to Hill.

Biden: “D.“a global problem requiring global action”

He also emphasized that fentanyl traffickingThe highly addictive opioid drug, which has caused a rise in overdose deaths in the United States, is “a global problem requiring global action.”

He also said Washington and Beijing had taken a “crucial step” with the announcement last week at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum summit (APEC) What both countries undertake cooperate in the fight against human trafficking fentanyl.

The agreement between the parties includes creation of a working group for ongoing communication and coordination of police in the fight against drugs, the White House said.

AMLO: ‘There is a commitment to continue the fight against fentanyl’

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador last Friday pledged to continue the fight against fentanyl trafficking to his US counterpart Joe Biden during a meeting at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco, California, US.

López Obrador said Mexico is “aware of the harm that fentanyl causes” to young Americans.

“This issue concerns our brothers and is an act of solidarity.”

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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