China Touts Fentanyl Convictions, Tackling Key Trade Talks Issue
- Nine sentenced altogether; one to death with two year reprieve
- U.S. sees fentanyl flow from China as issue in trade talks
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China sentenced three nationals to maximum punishments for smuggling fentanyl to the U.S., in one of its highest-profile moves yet against the illicit flow of opioids that President Donald Trump has made a bone of contention in broader trade talks between Washington and Beijing.