US House Passes Bill To Sanction Chinese Officials Over Fentanyl Trafficking

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The US House of Representatives has passed a bill allowing for Chinese officials to be sanctioned if they fail to take "credible steps" to prevent the trafficking of fentanyl precursors and synthetic opioids into the United States. It still needs to be approved by the Senate and signed by President Donald Trump before it becomes law.

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00:00The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill imposing sanctions on Chinese officials

00:05and companies who don't do enough to prevent drug trafficking.

00:09It comes amid an opioid epidemic in the U.S., with upwards of 100,000 Americans dying from drugs like fentanyl each year.

00:17The bipartisan bill would make it easier to target Chinese producers and distributors of fentanyl precursors and other synthetic opioids.

00:25It would require them to know their U.S. customers and cooperate with law enforcement.

00:30To become law, it needs to be passed by the Senate and signed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

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