Canada ‘Puts on Batteries’: Asks China for Help in Containing Fentanyl Precursors

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Canada wants to work more closely with China to prevent the chemicals used to create the deadly synthetic fentanyl opioid from reaching North America, said Prime Minister Mark Carney’s designated person to combat the opioid crisis. “We are looking to collaborate with China, because it is not an accusation against the Chinese government itself,” said Kevin Brosseau, the Canadian government’s fentanyl czar, in an interview. “It is companies, chemi…

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US President Donald Trump has used fentanyl trafficking to justify the imposition of tariffs against Canada and Mexico