On 7 March, a post from the Brookings Institute says that, as US-China bilateral relations have grown more tense, China’s willingness to cooperate with Washington on counternarcotics measures has shrunk.  It previews a new report on the relationship and the trade in fentanyl etc.  It says that China is also the principal supplier of precursor chemicals for methamphetamine production in East Asia and Mexico. 

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2022/03/07/china-and-synthetic-drugs-geopolitics-trumps-counternarcotics-cooperation

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Chartered Legal Executive and former senior manager with Isle of Man Customs and Excise, where I was (amongst other things) Sanctions Officer (for UN/EU sanctions), Export Licensing Officer and Manager of the Legal-Library & Collectorate Support Section View all posts by raytodd2017