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FBI Director Kash Patel announced that the Trump administration has reached a new agreement with China to halt the export of fentanyl precursors — the key chemical components used in the production of the deadly opioid.  The deal, Patel said, marks a significant step in curbing the flow of synthetic opioids that have devastated communities across the United States.  “President Trump has made it clear — the days of ignoring fentanyl coming from abroad are over,” Patel stated during a briefing at the White House. He confirmed that Beijing has pledged to enhance oversight of its chemical manufacturers and share data with U.S. law enforcement.  The agreement follows months of diplomatic negotiations between Washington and Beijing, as the U.S. continues to grapple with a public health crisis linked to fentanyl overdoses, which have claimed tens of thousands of lives annually.  #KashPatel #DonaldTrump #FentanylCrisis #USChina #WhiteHouse #DrugPolicy #FBI #LawEnforcement #TrumpAdministration #China #TradeAndSecurity #Fentanyl #PublicHealth #OverdoseCrisis #GlobalSecurity

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00:00We have some tremendous news thanks to President Donald J. Trump once again for the American people.

00:05As soon as the President of the United States took office, he issued a mandate to rid America

00:09of the scourge that is fentanyl, a drug that has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans.

00:14Thanks to his leadership and direct engagements with China, we set up a framework to execute that

00:19mission eight months ago. Attorney General Bondi immediately thereafter took steps to engage her

00:24counterpart in China at the Ministry of Public Security. Pursuant to their direct discussions,

00:28as the FBI director designated to run counterpoint on this, along with the Secretary of State Rubio

00:35and Ambassador Perdue and the team here at the White House, we set forward a path

00:39to implement the policy needed to crush the plague of fentanyl. Deputy Attorney General Blanche and our

00:46teams have been hard at work ever since, ultimately culminating in my trip to Beijing last week.

00:52This was only possible due to President Trump's historic engagement with President Xi,

00:58just a few short weeks ago, that set the stage for today's announcement.

01:03At that meeting, the leaders reached an agreement. But just to put this in frame for the American

01:08people, a reminder here that nearly 100,000 people died of fentanyl overdoses just last year alone.

01:16Here, this year, under this President, the FBI has seized 1,900 kilograms of fentanyl.

01:22So far, that is a 31% increase from the same time period last year. To put it in perspective,

01:29that's enough fentanyl to kill 127 million Americans. Fentanyl precursors are what makes up

01:37fentanyl. While we, the interagency, the Department of Justice, have been fighting hard

01:42to seize and stop drug traffickers, we must attack fentanyl precursors, the ingredients necessary to make

01:48this lethal drug. That was the sole purpose of my trip to China, to eliminate these precursors.

01:55And if successful, we would suffocate the drug trafficking organization's ability to manufacture

02:01fentanyl in places like Mexico. This was the first time an FBI director has been to China in over a

02:07decade and received the audience with his counterpart to address this matter directly. And again, thanks to

02:14President Trump's direct engagement with President Xi, the government of China committed fully to my

02:19engagement there on the ground in Beijing at a level never seen before. While at Ministry of Public

02:26Security headquarters, I met with my counterpart at MPS, where the Chinese government agreed on a plan

02:33to stop fentanyl precursors. What does that mean? The People's Republic of China has fully designated

02:40and listed all 13 precursors utilized to make fentanyl. Furthermore, they have agreed to control

02:46seven chemical subsidiaries that are also utilized to produce this lethal drug. Effective immediately,

02:53essentially, President Trump has shut off the pipeline that creates fentanyl that kills tens of

03:02thousands of Americans. These substances are now banned, and they will no longer be utilized by the

03:08Mexican drug trafficking organizations or any other DTOs around the world to make this drug.

03:14This historic achievement has saved tens of thousands of lives. This historic achievement

03:20would not have been possible without the tremendous team of President Trump, the Attorney General,

03:25the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Ambassador Perdue in China,

03:30whose ground-level engagements were imperative to achieving this result. This is yet another example

03:36of how President Trump defends the American people, provides security for the American people,

03:41and puts the American people first. This is a historic, first-in-its-kind achievement by any

03:47president to stop the scourge of fentanyl, and it should be championed by every single American.

03:54This achievement will save lives. We are thankful for President Trump's steadfast leadership,

03:59and this FBI will fearlessly follow in his footsteps to ensure that this mission of safeguarding the American

04:05public is achieved every single day.

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