China Blasts New US Sanctions on North Korea

"by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman)
On Friday, Trump announced what he called “the largest-ever set of new sanctions on” North Korea.
They include 27 entities and 28 vessels belonging to North Korea, mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and other countries.
In announcing new sanctions, Treasury Secretary Mnuchin said they’re “aggressively targeting all illicit avenues used by North Korea to evade sanctions, including taking decisive action to block the vessels, shipping companies and entities across the globe that work on North Korea’s behalf.”
Trump warned if sanctions don’t work as intended, he’ll authorize “Phase 2,” saying it “may be a very rough thing, may be very, very unfortunate for the world” – without further elaboration..."

at http://stephenlendman.org/2018/02/china-blasts-new-us-sanctions-north-korea/