The U.S.
side using the fentanyl issue as a reason to enforce tariffs on Chinese imports will weaken the structure of China-U.S.
counter-narcotics cooperation, Chinese Consul General in San Francisco Zhang Jianmin stated on Saturday.Zhang made the remarks while talking to the San Francisco Chronicle on the tariff war and fentanyl issue.Zhang mentioned that China imposed controls over its production, sale, usage and export of fentanyl in 2019.
The U.S.
side has used the fentanyl concern as a reason to impose tariffs on Chinese imports, he said, stressing that there would be no winner from trade war.
Zhang stated the U.S.
method will damage the interests of the U.S.
West Coast, which relies a lot on external trade, adding that the tariff war will ultimately hurt normal individuals the most.Zhang highlighted that it is simple to blame others for ones own issue, but the fentanyl crisis in the U.S.
is not triggered by China.He said it is inappropriate that Chinas compassion has actually been met with the punishment of higher tariffs and it is deeply offending to the Chinese people, while prompting the U.S.
side to come back to factor and try to solve the issue through a mutually respectful dialogue.