Biden to Lift Curbs on Chinese Forensic Lab in Fentanyl Deal
- Chinese forensic science institute will come off US blacklist
- Fentanyl agreement was centerpiece of Biden-Xi meeting
Joe Biden and Xi Jinping before a meeting in Woodside, California, on Nov. 15.
Photographer: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty ImagesThe US will lift restrictions on a Chinese agency accused of human-rights violations in exchange for Beijing’s planned crackdown on the fentanyl trade, according to a Biden administration official.
Joe Biden’s deal with Xi Jinping to curb production of illicit fentanyl, a deadly synthetic drug, was one of the main achievements for the US president resulting from his high-stakes meeting with the Chinese leader in California this week.