The bill does not link tariffs to fentanyl smuggling but seeks expanded authority to sanction state-owned or state-controlled Chinese entities, including banks, involved in financing foreign opioid trafficking. The measure also would have the U.S. government track more chemicals that can be used to make methamphetamines.

State Council white paper is issued as doubling of US duties is met with counter tariffs from Beijing and fiery foreign ministry response.

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President Trump has imposed steep tariffs on Canada, China, and Mexico in the name of curbing fentanyl flows into the United States. In reality, supplies of the drug—and related deaths—have sharply

China opposes accusations and the shifting of responsibility on the issue of fentanyl-related substances, according to an official white paper released on Tuesday, Xinhua reported.

In the past, however, Chinese officials have described the fentanyl crisis as a domestic concern inside the U.S. that should be solved by curbing demand and street drug use. Beijing responded to ...