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Tag: US Drug Enforcement Agency

Posted inChina, United States, World

The drug war behind the trade war

by Bertil Lintner November 11, 2019February 18, 2020

When China harshly sentenced nine drug traffickers for selling the opioid fentanyl to American buyers, the November 7 convictions were viewed by some as an olive branch offered by Beijing to Washington amid their trade war talks. Fentanyl, a highly addictive synthetic opioid that can be up to 50 times more potent than heroin, caused […]

Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Japan, Malaysia, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, World

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by Richard Javad Heydarian November 16, 2017February 18, 2020

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