easily be bought online from Chinese labs and mailed to the United States due to gaps in oversight in the United States Postal Service, and despite increased cooperation between United States and Chinese counter-narcotics agencies, illicit fentanyl is still shipped to the United States. (5) According to written testimony submitted to Congress by the RAND Corporation, regulatory capacity in China is inadequate to effectively police its expansive pharmaceutical and chemical industries, and according to the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, corrupt practices among local officials limit the effectiveness of regulations and allows criminal actors to facilitate the fentanyl trade. (6) In June 2018, $1.7 million worth of Chinese fentanyl was detected by counternarcotics agents in a Philadelphia port during a routine inspection, China has publicly gone to great lengths to shirk responsibility for illicit fentanyl emanating out of the country, and in June 2018, Chinese official Liu Yuejin blamed the crisis on the American people, saying When fewer and fewer Americans use fentanyl, there would be no market for it , ignoring the Chinese supply of the illicit substance, and China fails to effectively regulate precursor chemicals, including fentanyl precursors. (7) Fentanyl lacks a street name , indicating that this is more of a supply than a demand issue and its intentional use is far outweighed by non-intentional use. On September 6, 2018, at a hearing before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, expert private witnesses from diverse professional and academic backgrounds all concurred that China can do more to stem the flow of fentanyl. (8) According to the United Nations General Assembly, the drug trade poses a threat to development, peace and security and human rights , and the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (the Palermo Convention), a multilateral treaty against transnational