CutTheClutter: The drug issue at Biden-Xi summit, China factor in US opioid crisis

When US President Joe Biden met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in San Francisco this week, their agenda included illicit trade in fentanyl — a synthetic opioid at the heart of a massive crisis in America. In Ep 1349 of Cut The Clutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains what fentanyl is, why it was centre-stage at the Biden-Xi summit.
----more----Read The New York Times article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/23/nyregion/china-fentanyl-companies-charged.html----more----U.S. Department of the Treasury press release : https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1779----more----U.S. Department of Justice announcement : https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-eight-indictments-against-china-based-chemical-manufacturing----more----Read The Wall Street Journal article here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-is-fentanyl-drug-opioid-health-safety-explained-11658341650----more----Read Global Times article here: https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202306/1293162.shtml----more----Read Congressional Research Service document here: https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF10890