As China Looks for Way Out of U.S. Trade Deadlock, Fentanyl Could Be Key

4 wslh 4 5/3/2025, 12:30:12 PM nytimes.com ↗

Comments (4)

sigwinch · 17h ago
Kind of a naive story, when

> Complicating matters more is the fact that many of the precursor chemicals are also used to make legal pharmaceutical drugs.

I suppose producers often need workarounds because every year some yet-legal precursors are found in drug labs.

So maybe China should go one step further. Start talking about R-30490, Ohmefentanyl, and other related drugs. Maybe strike a deal with Russia to ban its manufacture of 3-methylfentanyl.

vaidhy · 16h ago
The trade deadlock is not about fentanyl. The sooner we admit the truth to ourselves, the lesser it will hurt.
wslh · 15h ago
Am I the only one whose first thought after reading the title was the Opium Wars [1]?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars

wslh · 18h ago