A coalition of families of people who died from fentanyl calls on the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to investigate China's role in the U.S. opioid crisis and enact tariffs against China to combat it. I am doing it.
The group filed a petition Thursday with the Office of U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai stating the following: Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 This would allow the United States to impose sanctions on foreign countries that “violate U.S. trade agreements or engage in conduct that unfairly or unreasonably burdens U.S. commerce,” according to the Congressional Research Service.
Attorney Nazak Nikakhtar is representing the grieving family. said Reuters said the investigation and sanctions were “squarely” within the USTR's legal rights.
“China is responding to economic pressure. We are going to put economic pressure on China,” said Nikaftar, who is also a former Commerce Department official.
The House Joint Economic Committee reveals that the opioid crisis cost the United States nearly $1.5 trillion in 2020 (September 2022) report revealed.
According to an independent investigation by Reuters, published revealed in July that Chinese chemical companies were “openly selling raw materials for fentanyl production on the internet and easily transporting them to the United States.”
According to the publication, journalists with retail outlets ordered the components needed to produce up to 3 million synthetic drugs with a “tap” on their smartphones.
These Chinese suppliers regularly ship to Mexican cartels, and one Sinaloa-based fentanyl “cook” told Reuters: “It's like making chicken soup.” . … The drug is very easy to make. ”
Synthetic opioids will cause 81,083 American deaths in 2023, says Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said In May, it noted those were overdoses of “primarily fentanyl.”
“Our family has suffered so much,” said father Thomas, whose daughter died in 2018 from a pill containing fentanyl that he believed was a painkiller.
The petitioners proposed several trade measures they would like the United States to enact, including at least $50 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods and services and a moratorium on imports of goods from China into the United States. minimala trade regulation that allows “low-value shipments to enter the United States duty-free and with minimal paperwork and inspection.”
A USTR spokesperson confirmed that the agency is considering the group's petition, but Jeff Moon, former assistant trade representative for China, expressed skepticism.
Moon, who now advises companies on China issues, told Reuters the petition “looks more like an activist effort than a trade measure.”
“If Trump is elected, his preferred remedy is tariffs, so they are probably resorting to that,” Moon concluded.
The former president has already expressed his support. force Breitbart News reported that a campaign rally in Savannah, Georgia in September resulted in additional tariffs of up to 60% on products from China.
Findings from the House Joint Economic Committee, Reuters, and family groups all support the allegations against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). new york times New book from bestselling author Peter Schweitzer, Blood Money: Why those in power turn a blind eye while China kills Americans.
Many of the bombshell statements revealed by Mr. Schweitzer include how the Biden family obtained them. 5 million dollars From a business partner of “White Wolf”, the leader of a Chinese Communist Party organization involved in drug trafficking.
