EU Enacted Export Restrictions to Prevent the United States from Applying Death Penalty

International Online Special: According to the British "Guardian" reported on December 20, the European Commission recently announced the latest blockade order, adding eight types of narcotic drugs to the list of export products in order to prevent them from flowing into the United States to be used for the death penalty. The EU's new export restrictions will cause the United States to have a shortage of death penalty drugs, and the United States still has 34 states in execution.

The report said that the European Commission has added eight types of anesthetic drugs to the list of restricted export products for enhanced control, including pentobarbital and sodium thiopental, which are currently the most executed death sentences in the United States. Commonly used drugs. The European Union stated that restricting the export of these drugs can prevent them from being used in the death penalty, abuse or other inhuman areas. In addition, the European Commission also stated that in order to prevent certain countries from bypassing this rule, they reserve the right to add other drugs to the restricted list.

Catherine Ashton, European Commission Vice Chairman, said: "This decision helps the EU to help the world abolish the death penalty." As early as November 2010, the United Kingdom had unilaterally announced restrictions on the export of narcotic drugs. The new restrictions were endorsed by the British Minister of Commerce Vince Cable. He said: “We are at the forefront of introducing restrictions on the export of certain drugs to the United States (for death penalty). We have been working hard to promote the entire EU. I can say that the EU is taking this step."

It is reported that in 2009, the only US manufacturer of Thiosetone, Hospira, was controversial because of the connection between its products and the death penalty, and it was forced to stop production. This summer, Lundbeck, the maker of pentobarbital, announced that it refused to sell any products marked with its trademark to any U.S. agencies involved in the death penalty. (Li Jinliang)