China bans North Korea iron, lead, coal imports as part of U.N. sanctions

[jpak]

Source: Washington Post

BEIJING — China announced a ban on imports of iron ore, iron, lead and coal from North Korea on Monday, cutting an important economic lifeline for the Pyongyang regime, as it moved to implement a package of sanctions put together by the United Nations Security Council.

The ban will take effect from Tuesday, the Ministry of Commerce announced.

But at the same time, Beijing warned the Trump administration not to split the international coalition over North Korea by provoking a trade war between China and the United States.

The warning comes as President Trump is expected to sign an executive memorandum Monday afternoon instructing his top trade negotiator to launch an investigation into Chinese intellectual property violations, a move that could eventually result in severe trade penalties,


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[dalton99a]

1. Nice preemptive move before Trump runs his mouth

[Not Ruth]

2. China is walking away from North Korea

[Cosmocat]

3. That is the key

There has to be a LOT of pressure put on China, ideally more subtly than the jackass going off script and threatening nuclear war.

BUT, the US has to make China own NK, have a message where, because of proximity and because they have been territorial about it (understandibly, but still) they are responsible for them, so keep the messaging along the lines that they are responsible to clean it up, and keep driving that message home (If it was Canada or Mexico the US would step up and deal with it) until they do, or until such time as military action is truly warrented, then world opinion will hopefully be more supportive of our use of it.

[DK504]

4. This will curtail his Hennessy intake.

Hopefully they will be able to drag them to the negotiating table.

[Not Ruth]

5. I assume that Kim is a billionaire with money parked overseas

He can always choose exile. He won't have a country to rule, but he won't run out of Hennessy.