Trump accuses China of smuggling fentanyl into US via Venezuela, ‘now Beijing to face 157% tariffs’ – The Economic Times Video
United States President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) took a tough stance against allegations that China is smuggling fentanyl into the United States through Venezuela. He accused China of using Venezuela as a transit point for fentanyl, evading U.S. and Mexican port controls. Trump said at the White House press conference that the first question he would ask the Chinese leader would be about fentanyl. “I’m going to meet with President Xi… The first question I’m going to ask him is fentanyl. They’re making $100 million selling fentanyl to our country. They’re losing $100 billion with a 20 percent tariff. So that’s not a good business proposition… One of the things we talked about… They’re paying a huge penalty for doing this… Let’s see what happens at the end of next week… I’m actually going to meet with President Xi in South Korea…” Trump said.
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