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25 February 2025

Episode 3501

31 minutes


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Since the fall of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, there have been questions about what comes next for the country – and whether any future government will be democratic and inclusive. Today marks the first real test of Syrian plurality as the nation’s interim government holds a national dialogue conference. Plus: we discuss dirty money from fentanyl sales in China, Canada’s televised leadership debates and fashion’s new romance with F1.   

25 February 2025

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The dirty fentanyl money flowing through China

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Among the Trump administration’s justifications for tariffs against both Mexico and China has been the production and trafficking of fentanyl into the United States. The Wall Street Journal’s Patricia Kowsmann joins Chris Cermak to discuss China’s illicit trading network that funnels, supplies and launders money for Mexican drug cartels which produce and deal the drug across the US border.

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