China is subsidising global fentanyl supply, says report by US congressional panel

China must be pressured to address the global supply of fentanyl and its ingredient chemicals, by further economic sanctions if necessary, which it is subsidising as the “scourge” kills more Americans annually than died during the Vietnam war, according to a report and congressional testimony on Tuesday.

While experts said an agreement to address the deadly drug hammered out between US President Joe Biden and President Xi Jinping at a summit in November was positive, there is little evidence that China is committed to the effort or that it is seeing much result, they told the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party.