Posted on May 08, 2025 at 20:39. / Modified on May 08, 2025 at 20:40.
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What was the trigger for the discussions scheduled for Saturday and Sunday in Geneva between the American secretary to the Treasury Scott Bessent, the representative of the trade Jamieson Greer and their Chinese counterparts including the Deputy Prime Minister in charge of Economy He Lifeng? The heaviness of customs taxes imposed on American and Chinese economies? It is an obvious explanatory factor. But what made it possible to break the ice to try to end the brutal trade war between the two countries is more unexpected: fentanyl.
According to the Wall Street JournalBeijing sent a letter at the end of April to the White House by which Chinese power invites the Trump administration to propose tracks so that China can suppress the trade of chemical precursors. Such illegal traffic allows the production of fentanyl which currently floods the American market. The Chinese security official Wang Xiaohong expressed his interest in discussing the issue with the Americans. In the United States or elsewhere. The efforts of Swiss diplomacy allowed the meeting to take place in Switzerland. The Trump administration has thus established a list of possible actions, asking Beijing to send a strong message for producers and precursor traffickers in China so that they stop selling these substances through the Darknet to Mexican drug cartels.
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