Beijing hits out at 'fentanyl tariffs' from Washington

Beijing has slammed Washington for disrupting bilateral counternarcotics dialogue and cooperation by slapping "fentanyl tariffs" on Chinese imports, and urged it to stop pressuring or threatening China over the fentanyl issue.

The issue is the problem of the United States, not China, and the responsibility lies in the US itself, Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said on Friday.

Guo made the remarks after Reuters cited US officials as saying that talks between the two countries to tackle the issue continue, "even as American negotiators claim the Chinese are failing to negotiate in good faith".