we also have to continue to work on the fentanyl precursor issue. That’s something I was working with the Premier on year ago. We’re seeing some progress there. I was talking to our DEA guys on the ground in Beijing last week. We’re starting to get better cooperation with the Chinese authorities to help address this scourge, this poisoning of America with fentanyl and these precursors are sent from China to Mexico.
Continue working to address fentanyl precursor shipments from China and improve cooperation with Chinese authorities on the issue.
Occurrences
Daines said he was working on reducing fentanyl precursors shipped from China into Mexico and that he was 'making progress seeing the Chinese stopping some of these precursors.'
Evidence
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U.S. Senator Steve Daines announced he was leading a bipartisan congressional delegation of five senators on a visit to China, meeting Chinese officials in Shanghai and Beijing.
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Daines said he was working on reducing fentanyl precursors shipped from China into Mexico and that he was 'making progress seeing the Chinese stopping some of these precursors.'
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Daines announced he was leading a bipartisan delegation of five senators to China to visit tech businesses in Shanghai and Beijing and meet Chinese officials.
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Daines said he met Premier Li Qiang and Wang Yi in Beijing and said he was "making progress seeing the Chinese stopping some of these precursors" shipped from China into Mexico.
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Daines announced a bipartisan delegation to China that would meet Chinese officials in Shanghai and Beijing.
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Daines said he was working on reducing fentanyl precursors shipped from China into Mexico and that he was making progress seeing the Chinese stop some of these precursors.
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AP reported that U.S. Treasury sanctioned a man for aiding importation of fentanyl precursor chemicals into Mexico and said the precursors were imported from a chemical company in China.
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DOJ reported that two Chinese nationals were indicted in a U.S. drug-trafficking case and arrested in China, with China's Ministry of Public Security also arresting 19 co-conspirators, seizing 475 kilograms of synthetic cannabinoids, and shutting down four illicit manufacturing sites. DOJ said an FBI-MPS counternarcotics working group facilitated the joint effort and described it as a major milestone in U.S.-China counternarcotics cooperation against the illicit chemical supply chain.
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Daines said he had just returned from a bipartisan Senate delegation visit to China, met senior Chinese officials including Premier Li Qiang and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, continued work on the fentanyl precursor issue, spoke with DEA personnel in Beijing, and was seeing better cooperation from Chinese authorities.
Assessments
Daines made candidate-specific efforts during the same Senate term by leading a bipartisan delegation to China, meeting senior Chinese officials, engaging DEA personnel in Beijing, and publicly pressing the fentanyl precursor issue. The record also shows concrete same-term U.S.-China counternarcotics cooperation, including Chinese arrests and a joint FBI-MPS effort. Because the promise was framed as continuing work and improving cooperation, not fully ending all precursor shipments, this is best judged delivered, though the persistence of precursor trafficking prevents treating it as a comprehensive resolution of the broader problem.
The evidence shows Daines actively pursued the issue during his Senate term by leading a bipartisan delegation to China, meeting senior Chinese officials, and publicly reporting progress on stopping some fentanyl precursor flows from China to Mexico. That supports credit for continued work and some cooperation efforts. But the record provided does not independently verify a durable improvement in Chinese cooperation or a clear reduction in the precursor pipeline, and separate evidence indicates the trafficking network remained active. Because the promise was materially advanced but not clearly delivered in a verified, lasting way, partial credit is the best fit.
The evidence shows Daines actively continued working on the issue in office by leading a bipartisan China delegation, meeting senior Chinese officials, and publicly claiming progress in getting China to stop some precursor shipments. That supports real effort and some apparent movement. But the record provided does not verify a durable policy change, formal cooperation mechanism, or independently confirmed reduction in precursor flows sufficient to count the promise as fully delivered. Because he materially pursued the goal during his Senate term but the outcome shown is incomplete, partial credit is the best fit.
The evidence shows Daines continued to work on the issue during his current Senate term, including leading a Senate delegation to China and publicly claiming progress on Chinese action against fentanyl precursor shipments. However, the record provided does not establish a completed, durable policy outcome or verified improvement in U.S.-China cooperation attributable to him. Because the promise was to continue working and improve cooperation, the documented engagement and claimed progress warrant partial credit, but not full delivery.