Posted on 02/18/2017 2:29:12 PM PST by ColdOne
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China will suspend all imports of coal from North Korea starting Feb. 19, the country's commerce ministry said in a notice posted on its website on Saturday, as part of its efforts to implement United Nations sanctions against the country.
The Ministry of Commerce said in a short statement that the ban would be effective until Dec. 31.
The ministry did not say why all shipments would be suspended, but South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported last week that a shipment of North Korean coal worth around $1 million was rejected at Wenzhou port on China's eastern coast.
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Nork slave labor coal miners may get a few days off till other markets are found. Or, the Norks force other labor.
Imagine the life of a coal miner in North Korea.
If only we could allow him to direct a movie.
At Sony, of course.
“Max!!!”
Oh, you may have a point.
Perhaps this is Trump’s doing. He did speak with the Chinese leader recently. It may be the “trade” for Trump “agreeing to the two China policy.” Anyway, it happened on Trump’s watch, not Obola’s.
Yes. It’s the one-China quid-pro-quo. Trump said a long time ago that this would happen.
Actually, it may have been because Kim Jong Un bumped off his brother Kim Jong Nam, who had ties to the ChiComs.
Some ting wong in North Korea.
China has three outcomes to consider:
1: Take out NK themselves — the World would freak.
2: Let things continue the way they’ve been going — risky, if NK does something horrible, China will be blamed.
3: Let SK and the US take out NK — this is their only winning play.
#3 is what is happening right now. SK and the US will go in to NK, China will help. Win for China. Win for SK. Win for USA. Win for NK.
It could only happen with Trump in charge.
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