Precondition of stopping nuke tests? Come on, basic.
Well it appears the pressure campaign has achieved results that were not seen by previous efforts.
Tillerson earlier on Tuesday at a State Department Town Hall meeting said.........”We’ve never had this level of extreme sanctions.... When fully executed, this is going to deny North Korea about $2.3 billion of their export revenue – complete ban on coal, textiles, export of forced labor; import limitations on fuel and oil,”
China is already setting up refugee camps on it’s border as it’s determined over winter the cold will send refugees over the border as the sanctions get stronger and take further hold.....and further they don’t want to be caught flat footed if there if the US does strike.