Future US-China cooperation on tackling global drugs trade seen as unlikely


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China’s decision to stop working with the US in the war on drugs is expected to have little impact on fentanyl smuggling, but drug policy experts are not confident about the prospects for the two countries working together in future.

Beijing froze cooperation with Washington earlier this month in retaliation for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan – which it saw as a serious violation of its sovereignty.

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