{
  "id": 9131703,
  "title": "China tightens control on more fentanyl precursors ahead of Xi-Trump meeting",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/china-tightens-control-on-more-fentanyl-precursors-ahead-of-xi-trump",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-22T10:44:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3368405/china-tightens-control-more-fentanyl-precursors-ahead-xi-trump-meeting"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "China tightened its controls on the export of fentanyl precursors to the United States, Canada and Mexico, adding two new chemicals to its list requiring export licenses on Tuesday, one day ahead of President Xi Jinping’s announced visit to the US. China’s Ministry of Commerce, together with four other government agencies, added two N-phenethyl piperidine esters to part one of China’s Catalogue…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "China expands export control on drug precursors ahead of Trump-Xi meeting",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/china-expands-export-control-on-drug-precursors-ahead-of-trump-xi",
        "published": "2026-09-22T12:15:23.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}