China says the U.S. action violates World Trade Organization rules and has vowed to bring a case before the body that governs global commerce.
FILE - Traditional Russian wooden dolls called Matryoshka depicting China's President Xi Jinping, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump are on sale at a souvenir shop in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Nov. 21, 2024.
The Ministry of Public Security on Sunday made near identical charges and the Commerce Ministry also issued a closely worded statement.of allowing the production of fentanyl, which is then made into tablets in Mexico and smuggled into and distributed throughout the U.S., which records some 70,000 overdose deaths from the drug annually.
Experts say China executes an unknown number of people each year for smuggling drugs, but domestic drug use is relatively low. China's vital export market could be impacted if U.S. consumers decide to "buy American." The Chinese domestic economy has failed to respond to a range of government-backed stimuli, while foreign infrastructure projects and other major government initiatives that add to the country's already high public debt threaten more economic stagnation.
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