US and China clash over fentanyl and tariffs at global drugs meeting, via Reuters; The Trump administration has told Beijing it expects to reimpose that levy under a different law
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- "The United States and China traded barbs at a U.N. drugs meeting on Monday, with Washington accusing Beijing of failing to stop sales of precursor chemicals for fentanyl and China dismissing the allegation as false while calling the U.S. irresponsible."
- The U.S. Supreme Court last month invalidated a 10% fentanyl-related tariff Trump had imposed on China and others under an emergency statute. The Trump administration has told Beijing it expects to reimpose that levy under a different law, a U.S. official said.
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