U.S., China soften tone, say to work together on North Korea

Reuters ^ | Mar 18, 2017 | Yeganeh Torbati and Ben Blanchard

[mdittmar]

The United States and China will work together to get nuclear-armed North Korea take "a different course", U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Saturday, softening previous criticism of Beijing after talks with his Chinese counterpart.

China has been irritated at being repeatedly told by Washington to rein in North Korea's surging nuclear and ballistic missile programmes, one of a series of hurdles in ties between the world's two largest economies.

But Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi described the talks with Tillerson as "candid, pragmatic and productive". The two sides appeared to have made some progress or put aside differences on difficult issues, at least in advance of a planned summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump.

[mdittmar]

Well,here's an old song I like;)
Waylon Jennings - This Time

[Fhios]

Trump sees it as it is, and apparently Tillerman agrees. N. Korea has been a Chinese surrogate since the Korean War. Nobody has ever called them out on this like Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama.

[Don Corleone]

Negotiating from strength for a change!

[Veto!]

Wang Yi described the talks with Tillerson as "candid, pragmatic and productive"

Tillerson is on his way to being the best Sec of State we've ever had. Pragmatic. How different from double-dealing Hillary and Kerry who dealt from deceit.