US President Donald Trump said he would cut tariffs imposed on China over the flow of chemical ingredients for fentanyl, as he arrived in South Korea ahead of a high-stakes summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
Speaking on Air Force One on Wednesday, Trump said he would lower the 20 per cent tariff he imposed early in his term. The levy was designed to put pressure on Beijing to curb the export of precursor chemicals used to make the synthetic opioid, which has triggered an epidemic in the US.
“I expect to be lowering that because I believe they can help us with the fentanyl situation,” Trump said. “We have to get rid of it.”
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