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9 Oct 2019 Conversations with Tyler Ben Westhoff on Synthetic Drugs, Dive Bars, and the Evolution of Rap
“China has the biggest chemical industry in the world, but the problem is, they don’t make as much money because it’s focused on generics, mostly.”
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- 9 Oct 2019
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…Why does that persist? What’s the political economy? I think it’s trying to grow China’s chemical industries exports. China has the biggest chemical industry in the world, but the problem is, they don’t make as much money because it’s focused on generics, mostly. The US — our industry is smaller, but we do these brand-name, expensive pharmaceuticals. China is trying to go up the value chain, and they’re trying to encourage the export of more expensive chemicals and pharmaceuticals. That’s why all these obscure fentanyl analogs get these export rebates. I think it’s been an unfortunate side effect that so many of them are going to illicit uses. Has President Trump had any success in shutting down the supply of fentanyl from China?…
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