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Thursday, July 6, 2017
Denton Record-Chronicle
U.S.: Time short for diplomacy with N. Korea
Administration looks
at its options to
confront Pyongyang
“The administration can give them
[Chinese] a choice: Do business with
North Korea or have access to the
U.S. financial system
— Anthony Ruggiero, a North Korea expert at the Foundation for
the Defense of Democracies
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By Julie Pace and Vivian Salama
Associated Press
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United States warned Wednes-
day that North Korea was
“quickly closing off” the prospect
of a diplomatic resolution to its
provocations, as the Trump ad-
ministration launched a govern-
ment-wide effort to identify op-
tions for confronting Pyongyang
following its unprecedented in-
tercontinental ballistic missile
launch.
President Donald Trump
and other senior officials dan-
gled the prospect of punishing
countries that trade with North
Korea — a threat aimed directly
at China, Pyongyang’s biggest
benefactor.
In a tweet Wednesday morn-
ing, Trump questioned why the
U.S. should continue wrhat he
sees as bad trade deals “with
countries that do not help us.”
Some administration offi-
cials are still holding out hope of
persuading China to ratchet up
economic pressure on Pyong-
yang, despite Trump’s increas-
ingly pessimistic attitude toward
Beijing.
Trump, who departed for
Europe early Wednesday, is
scheduled to meet Chinese Pres-
ident Xi Jinping on the sidelines
of the Group of 20 summit in
Germany.
Thus far, both China and
North Korea have proven to be
impervious to Trump’s tough
talk and threatening tweets.
Pyongyang heightened ten-
sions this wreek with the test of a
missile capable of hitting the
U.S., a step officials described as
a worrisome escalation by an
unpredictable regime and per-
haps the most pressing threat
facing a new U.S. president with
little national security experi-
ence.
WASHINGTON
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pears certain to hang over
Trump’s European trip, which
opens in Poland.
Trump is expected to use the
trip to try to forge consensus
with European Union partners,
which could also put more fi-
nancial pressure on North Ko-
“trade between China and
North Korea grew7 almost 40
percent in the first quarter”
In April, Chinese customs
data said total tw7o-w7ay trade be-
tween China and North Korea
increased 36.8 percent in the
first quarter of this year com-
pared with the same period a
year earlier.
However, raw data from the
first quarter showed that total
two-way trade increased by only
7.4 percent.
It was unclear why the cus-
toms agency reported a higher
rate.
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As he flew to Warsaw on Air
Force One on Wednesday,
Trump also spoke by phone
about North Korea with Egyp-
tian President Abdel Fattah el-
Sisi, emphasizing the need for
countries to implement Security
Council resolutions.
The White House said
Trump also discussed the need
for nations to “stop hosting
North Korean guest workers” —
an issue Secretary of State Rex
Tillerson also mentioned in his
response a night earlier to the
missile launch.
Restricting guest workers is
one way the U.S. and other
countries could try to reduce
North Korea’s access to foreign
currency.
Some 50,000 to 60,000
North Koreans work abroad,
mostly in Russia and China,
South Korea’s spy service has
said, including at about 130 res-
taurants North Korea operates
overseas. The workers’ mission
involves earning money to bring
into North Korea,
North Korea conducts about
90 percent of its trade through
China, giving Beijing enormous
sway over the reclusive govern-
ment.
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Susan Walsh/AP
President Donald Trump stops briefly in front of reporters as he and first lady Melania Trump
walk to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Wednesday. The
Trumps are heading to Poland and then Germany for the G20.
Anthony Ruggiero, a North
Korea expert at the Foundation
for the Defense of Democracies,
said the U.S. could try to prod
Beijing to take a tougher line on
North Korea by exploiting Chi-
nese banks and other compa-
nies’ desire for access to the U.S.
dollar.
ment, State Department, Penta-
gon and intelligence agencies
accelerated discussions on op-
tions for responding to Pyong-
yang’s nuclear pursuits.
The talks center in part on
the same bucket of ideas prior
administrations have consid-
ered, including direct diplomat-
ic negotiations and pre-emptive
military action.
The U.N. Security Council
held an emergency meeting
Wednesday to discuss the mat-
ter. Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambas-
sador to the United Nations,
called Pyongyang’s missile
launch “a clear and sharp mili-
tary escalation.”
She said while the U.S. is not
seeking a military confronta-
tion, military options are indeed
on the table.
“Their actions are quickly
closing off the possibility of a
diplomatic solution,” she said.
South Korea’s president,
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“The administration can give
them a choice: Do business with
North Korea or have access to
the U.S. financial system,” Rug-
giero said.
The Trump administration
signaled its willingness to take
that approach last w7eek w7hen it
announced it was blacklisting a
small Chinese bank over deal-
ings with North Korea.
China has long resisted in-
tensifying economic pressure on
neighboring North Korea, in
part out of fear of the instability
that could mount on its door-
step, including the possibility of
millions of North Koreans flee-
ing into China.
China has also been con-
cerned that a reunited, demo-
cratic Korea — dominated by
South Korea — w7ould put a U.S.
ally, and possibly U.S. forces, on
its border.
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A man walks by a TV screen showing a local news program
reporting about North Korea’s missile firing at Seoul Train
Station in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday.
Despite forging a friendly re-
lationship with Xi, Trump has
become increasingly dismayed
at China’s reluctance to take
tougher action against North
Korea.
He asserted Wednesday that
against North Korea and insist-
ed the problems across his bor-
der should be addressed
through diplomatic channels.
“I think that the North Kore-
an question should be solved by
peaceful means,” said President
Moon Jae-in, wrho will also meet
Trump at the G-20 gathering.
The North Korean threat ap-
Following the launch, the
White House, Treasury Depart-
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