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flag China’s top fentanyl maker denies enabling U.S. drug crisis, despite U.S. accusations of state-linked precursor exports.

flag NBC News visited Yichang Humanwell Pharmaceutical, China’s largest fentanyl producer, in a high-security facility with automated, sterile processes and strict protocols. flag The company, one of five licensed to make medical fentanyl in China, says it has never lost a dose in 51 years and only supplies hospitals, not the U.S., Mexico, or Canada. flag Despite China’s 2019 ban on non-medical fentanyl, U.S. officials accuse Chinese state-linked entities of enabling illicit precursor exports through incentives like tax rebates. flag China denies wrongdoing, blaming American demand and asserting its drug controls are the strictest in the world. flag Fentanyl remains a major diplomatic issue, with President Trump set to raise it in talks with President Xi Jinping.

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