Wednesday, August 15, 2018

U.S. Sanctions Chinese And Russian Firms for Violating North Korean Sanctions



CNN: US Treasury targets companies in Russia, China for violating North Korea sanctions

(CNN)The US government on Wednesday moved to increase economic pressure on North Korea, adding new sanctions that target one individual and three shipping companies in Singapore, China and Russia for violating restrictions on trade with Pyongyang.

The Treasury Department announcement follows criticism from US officials that United Nations members needed to more strictly enforce sanctions against North Korea as part of the effort to get Pyongyang to denuclearize.

US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley directly called out Russia and China in July, when she and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on other countries to maintain economic pressure on Pyongyang to push the country to denuclearize.

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More News On The U.S. Sanctioning Chinese And Russian Firms for Violating North Korean Sanctions

U.S. targets Chinese and Russian firms with breach of North Korea sanctions -- Reuters
U.S. sanctions Chinese, Russian firms for helping North Korea -- AP
Trump administration targets Chinese and Russian companies over illegal shipments to North Korea -- CNBC
Treasury targets Chinese, Russian shipping firms for violating North Korea sanctions -- The Hill

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dang! another story--fake news--from CNN! I was told MSM filled with fake news, lies, and here we are with an article from them. Is this to be believed?

Mike Feldhake said...

Hmmm, I see your point but maybe they have realized they need to be fair. They rank low in cable new networks. .......I love the power of our free market system!

fred said...


Fox News (2,181,000)
MSNBC (1,753,000)
HGTV (1,331,000)
USA (1,248,000)
History (1,063,000)
TBS (1,023,000)
CNN (992,000)
TLC (964,000)
Investigation Discovery (949,000)
Hallmark Channel (943,000)

CNN still up there for prime time viewing
I note that the top two are both known to have strong bias one or the other way

Anonymous said...

Cnn has lost so much of its market share. Only lemmings keep watching it