FBI Director Kash Patel announces a landmark agreement with China to ban all 13 fentanyl precursor chemicals and to control seven critical chemical subsidiaries involved in the drug’s production. Following Patel’s recent visit to Beijing and President Trump’s summit with President Xi Jinping, China’s Ministry of Public Security moved to fully designate these substances, cutting off the pipeline of fentanyl production that has contributed to tens of thousands of deaths in the U.S. The agreement marks a major step in joint drug enforcement, with China taking action to end the use of these chemicals by international drug trafficking organizations and Mexican cartels.