Xi and Biden announce drug deal limiting fentanyl in America in exchange for…?

Crisis trade, a deal with China could see a crackdown on fentanyl flood the US at the cost of turning a blind eye to human rights abuses during the next meeting between presidents.

Having brought California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) to sweep San Francisco’s homeless off the streets and under the proverbial rug, the theater of politics was gearing up for the next act in which President Joe Biden and Pres. Chinese Xi Jinping would hold a bilateral meeting on Wednesday. This, apart from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, could see the White House proclaiming a victory in the fight against the opioid epidemic.

Before the meeting, Bloomberg reported that “Under the deal, which is still being finalized, China would pursue chemical companies to stem the flow of both fentanyl and the source material used to make the deadly synthetic opioid, according to the people, who to speak on condition of anonymity to speak. the agreement.”

The report also indicated what Xi hoped to gain by cracking down on what could be described as a time of chemical warfare, namely the authorization for the alleged continued repression of ethnic Uighurs in China.

“In return, the Biden administration would lift restrictions on China’s forensic police institute, the people said, an entity the US alleges is responsible for human rights abuses,” Bloomberg reported.

Speaking to reporters on Monday, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said, “I’m not going to get too far ahead of the meeting, and I’ll let the president speak for himself after he has a chance to meet with the president Xi, but we believe there are areas where our interests overlap, such as our efforts to combat the illicit trade in fentanyl.”

As it happened, prior to the summit, homeless encampments had been cleared from the surrounding area, sanitizing what would otherwise have been a first-hand look at the devastation taking place across America .

How convenient: Homeless people magically disappear before Biden, Jinping meeting in San Francisco https://t.co/ayBDm5qIDg road @BIZPACRevision

— Based on BPR (@DumpstrFireNews) November 11, 2023

Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) detailed that 150 people in the United States die every day from overdoses related to synthetic drugs such as fentanyl. In addition, the National Center for Health Statistics pointed out a more than seven-fold increase in such overdoses from 2015 to 2021. That was 70,601 deaths in 2021, more than 65% of the total of 106,699 drug overdose deaths this year.

During “the first nine months of 2023 there have been a total of 620 overdose deaths” in San Francisco alone, Dr. Hillary Kunins told local media in October.

“All in all, we look forward to a productive meeting. President Biden has a long history with President Xi and their conversations are straightforward, straightforward, and President Biden believes there is no substitute for leader-to-leader, face-to-face diplomacy in managing this complex relationship.” Sullivan added to reporters.

Speaking to Bloomberg, American Enterprise Institute senior fellow Derek Scissors did not have such a sunny view of the bilateral meeting as he expressed: “China’s deals have an unstated condition: void if you criticize Xi and the Party Communist. If the Biden administration is not pro-China in 2024, enforcement of a fentanyl deal will fizzle out.”

In May, a Chinese embassy spokesman had advanced the CCP’s talking points on the matter by stating, “US sanctions against Chinese companies and citizens will add further obstacles to China-US anti-narcotics cooperation “.

Staff writer

A native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College, where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and seeker of truth, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and dog, and when he’s not researching current events and their impacts, you’ll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel ·the.

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