Beijing – American Senator Steve Daines, a firm defender of President Donald Trump, is visiting Beijing as the United States and China exchange tariff threats and hard words about the management of others of the Illegal fentanyl trade.
Daines, a Republican from Montana, arrived in the Chinese capital on Thursday after meeting with the main leaders in Vietnam, according to his social media posts and the United States embassy in Beijing.
He said in X earlier this week that he would speak with Chinese officials about the reduction of the production and distribution of fentanil and “the need to reduce the commercial deficit and guarantee just access to the market for our farmers, ranchers and producers of Montana.”
His office said before the trip that he is closely coordinating with the White House and that “he will take the first agenda of America of President Trump.”
Daines previously worked as an executive for US companies in China and served as an intermediary during Trump’s first mandate in office when tariffs were also an important problem. He is the first member of Congress to visit Beijing since Trump assumed the position in January.
Us-China tensions have skyrocketed like the United States imposed 20% of duties About Chinese products, attracting 15% retaliation rates on China American agricultural products last week. The United States accuses China of doing very little to stop the export of precursor materials for fentanil, a very powerful opium blame for tens of thousands of deaths in the United States.
China responded with A report Detailing their efforts to control the illegal trade of fentanyl, specifically the ingredients for opioids that are carried out in China, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs criticized the United States for responding to Beijing’s good will with tariffs.
The report says that China and the United States have held multiple high -level meetings since the beginning of last year to promote cooperation, and that its narcotics control office celebrates regular exchanges with the United States drug control agency.
China is committed to cooperation, the report said, “but it firmly opposes the imposition of illegal sanctions and unreasonable pressure on the pretext of responding to fentanyl -related problems.”
