US says fentanyl talks with China ‘meaningful’ but more needs to be done

Talks between the U.S. and Chinese officials on stemming the flow of chemicals used for the production of deadly fentanyl have been “substantive” but “much more” needs to be done, the head of the White House delegation to Beijing said on Wednesday.
Washington hopes for deeper law enforcement cooperation, including on tackling illicit finance, and wants Beijing to put further controls on the chemicals that can be used to make fentanyl, said Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Homeland Security Advisor Jen Daskal.
“There is a lot more action that’s needed in a range of areas that we discussed,” Daskal told Reuters in an interview at the U.S. embassy in Beijing after the talks, adding “there’s a renewed spirit of commitment to cooperate”.