U.S. sanctions Chinese and Russian companies and individuals for conducting business with North...

[DonViejo]

Source: The Washington Post



U.S. sanctions Chinese and Russian companies and individuals for conducting business with North Korea

By Carol Morello August 22 at 10:39 AM

As part of a broad effort to isolate North Korea, the Treasury Department on Tuesday placed sanctions on Chinese and Russian individuals and firms it said had conducted business with the country in ways that advanced its missile and nuclear weapons program.

The sanctions against 10 companies and six individuals are designed to disrupt the economic ties that have allowed Pyongyang to continue funding its missile and nuclear program despite strict United Nations sanctions prohibiting it.

China in particular has been sore point. Though Beijing has tried to restrict transactions and supported an escalating series of U.N. sanctions, many Chinese companies continue to do business with the regime by supplying technology and hardware for its missiles.

The sanctions announced Tuesday were predominantly against Chinese companies that have dealt with North Korea by purchasing and selling coal, oil and mineral resources, or provided banking services that made the transactions possible.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-sanctions-chinese-and-russian-companies-and-individuals-for-conducting-business-with-north-korea/2017/08/22/78992312-8743-11e7-961d-2f373b3977ee_story.html

[Not Ruth]

1. We need to sanction the groups that send Americans to a North Korea to die