U.S. lawmakers propose set of bills cracking down on China’s role in country’s fentanyl crisis

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Open this photo in gallery: The U.S. Capitol building, in Washington, on Dec. 10.Kent Nishimura/Getty Images A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday proposed three bills aimed at cracking down China’s role in the U.S. fentanyl crisis, with measures that would set up a U.S. task force to disrupt narcotics trafficking and pave the way for sanctions on Chinese entities. China is the dominant source of chemical precursors used by Mexican cartels to produce fentanyl, while Chinese money launderers have become key players in the international drug trade, U.S. authorities say. The proposed legislation would help hold China’s ruling...