The Chinese government bristled last week after the US suggested that it might cut economic ties with any country trading with North Korea, an implicit dig at the Chinese, who are responsible for 90% of the isolated country’s foreign trade. And after suggesting that they might use their UN Security Council veto power to block more sanctions against the North – after all, the China-Russia peace map calls for the US and South Korea to stop holding military drills – the North’s neighbor and primary benefactor has reportedly conducted a military exercise of its own, according to Reuters.
News of the drill arrived as US President Donald Trump is expected to press China to institute an oil embargo against North Korea, eliminating the country’s primary source of petroleum, which flows to it from China through the “Friendship Pipeline” which runs from China under the Yalu River into North Korea.
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Trump can tame N.Korea by making China responsible and cutting China, piece by piece, out of any trade with the US until the Chinese finally give up their N.Korean nuke capabilities. indyjonesouthere
ReplyDeleteChina's going to crash the US dollar if no longer benefiting from US trade. But that's fine by me.
DeleteThe pain is going to come sooner or later. Might as well be sooner :) I mean to say, things will be better in the future if we can tighten our belts a bit today.
things will be better in the future if we can tighten our belts a bit today.
DeleteAbsolutely.