US playing tricky with its fentanyl problem claims

By claiming China has reneged on a pledge to crack down on fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances, the United States is once again trying to shift responsibility for its opioid crisis onto China.

After talks between President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in November last year, China's Foreign Ministry announced that China would make the entire category of fentanyl-type substances controlled substances, and it would begin the process of revising its relevant laws and regulations.

Law and control procedures were established in about four months to expand control of 25 fentanyl analogs and two precursors, more than those listed by the United Nations.