Modifying Duties Addressing the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People's Republic of China

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Section 1 . Background. In Executive Order 14195 of February 1, 2025 (Imposing Duties To Address the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People's Republic of China), I found that the failure of the Government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) to act to blunt the sustained influx of synthetic opioids, including fentanyl, flowing from the PRC to the United States constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States that has its source in substantial part outside the United States. I declared a national emergency with respect to that threat, and to deal with that threat, I imposed an additional ad valorem rate of duty…