The U.S. Treasury Department said two Chinese shipping companies helped the country evade sanctions over its nuclear weapons progarm
The United States imposed sanctions on Thursday on two Chinese shipping companies it says helped North Korea evade sanctions over its nuclear weapons program, the first such steps since a U.S.-North Korean summit collapsed last month.
The United States has led international efforts to press North Korea through sanctions to give up its nuclear and ballistic missile programs. The latest sanctions showed there was some “leakage” in North Korea sanctions enforcement by China, but it was mostly abiding by UN resolutions, a senior U.S. official told reporters, speaking on condition of anonymity.The official said that financial as well as shipping companies risked U.S. action if they were found to be in violation of sanctions.
On Monday, two senior U.S. senators called for the Trump administration to correct a slowing pace of American sanctions designations on North Korea, saying there had been a marked decline in such actions during the past year of U.S. diplomatic engagement with Pyongyang.They pointed to a recent UN report that found that North Korea continued to defy UN sanctions with an increase in smuggling of petroleum products and coal and violation of bans on arms sales.
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