US Repatriates Chinese Drug Smuggler Amid Fentanyl Crisis Cooperation

US returns Chinese drugs fugitive in rare extradition (Photo credit: Reuters) BEIJING: The United States recently repatriated a Chinese national suspected of drug trafficking, a “first” such return in recent years, Beijing’s public security ministry said on Friday. China is the primary origin of precursor chemicals used to make fentanyl, a highly potent opioid underpinning a deadly drug epidemic in the United States. Beijing says it is open to working with Washington on curbing the crisis, although the United States maintains an extra 10 percent tariff on Chinese goods it says is to limit fentanyl trade. “This is the first…