Episode Notes:

In a rare show of cooperation, U.S. and Chinese officials met on Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss how to stem the flow of fentanyl, the synthetic opioid that is ravaging the United States. Here to tell us more about the meeting and the joint efforts to curb production and distribution of the drug is Vanda Felbab-Brown, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Welcome to the WarCast, Vanda.

[:41] What happened in these talks?

[4:52] Why isn’t Mexico involved?

[7:48] What were the outcomes of the meetings?