US President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday disclosed further details about its agreement with China on the control of fentanyl precursors, key ingredients in the production of the drug that kills tens of thousands of Americans each year.
“The Chinese government agreed on a plan to stop fentanyl precursors,” Patel said of his trip to China last week.
“These substances are now banned, and they will no longer be utilised by the Mexican drug trafficking organisations or any other [drug trafficking organisations] around the world to make this drug,” the FBI director said.
“Essentially, President Trump has shut off the pipeline that creates fentanyl that kills tens of thousands of Americans.”
Patel arrived in Beijing on November 7 and stayed for about a day, Reuters reported last week.
