North Korea sanctions: Donald Trump announces 'largest ever' package
2018-02-24 09:32:23 source：The Guardian
February 23, 2018
Donald Trump announced on Friday a new package of measures against North Korea aimed at cutting off smuggling routes and warning that if sanctions fail, the next phase would be "very unfortunate for the world".
The new US sanctions are aimed at ships and trading companies around the world being used to smuggle oil into North Korea, and coal and other products out of the embattled nation, in defiance of a UN-imposed embargo. The US and its allies believe the smuggling allows the regime to continue to finance its nuclear weapon and missile programs.
Asked what the US would do if the new measures fail to stop those programs, Trump replied: “We’ll have to see. If the sanctions don’t work we’ll have to go phase two. Phase two may be a very rough thing. It may be very, very unfortunate for the world.”
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