Trump signs order targeting North Korea’s trade partners

NY POST ^ | September 21, 2017 | Mark Moore

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President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that targets North Korea and countries that do business with the “criminal, rogue regime” to isolate it internationally and put an end to its “efforts to develop the deadliest weapons known to humankind.”

“The new order significantly expands our authority to target individuals, companies and financial institutions that finance and facilitate trade with North Korea,” Trump announced before a lunch with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Moon Jae In.

The president said the the order will disrupt North Korean President Kim Jong Un’s ability to raise funds for his nuclear and missile weapons systems and chided other countries that help prop up Kim’s government.

“North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missile development is a grave threat to peace and security in our world. And it is unacceptable that others financially support this criminal, rogue regime,” Trump said, flanked by Vice President Pence and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. “The brutal North Korea regime does not respect its own citizens or the sovereignty of other nations.”

He said the order gives Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin “enhanced” authority to target any “individual or entity” that carries out trade in “goods, services or technology” with Pyongyang.

[Responsibility2nd]

Good start.

Now complete the deal by singling out China specifically.

[BeauBo]

Go get them Tiger.

Hit them where they live - their wallets.

What it this, like the third wave of sanctions? They are ramping up quick, and expanding to China big time.

From the article:

“China, their central bank has told their other banks – that’s a massive banking system – to immediately stop doing business with North Korea. This just happened. It was just reported,” Trump told the gathering.”

Given a choice between trade with the US, and trade with North Korea, that is real leverage.

[Don Corleone]

Doubt the Trumpster at your peril.

[EQAndyBuzz]

“He said the order gives Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin “enhanced” authority to target any “individual or entity” that carries out trade in “goods, services or technology” with Pyongyang.”

Go after Democrat donors. Financially ruin them. Who cares if it isn’t true. That’s what Obama did to Republican donors. I would go after the NY Times and CNN for being North Korea’s publicists.

[oldasrocks]

So why don’t he do the same thing to Soros. NK is a threat but Soros is currently messing things up.

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