[LS]

Already China scotched NK coal purchases, meaning they have increased purchases from us.

It was also revealed that their trade surplus with us has dramatically fallen. Right there you have two elements of the deal.

I have a feeling this will be just one of many “adjustments” with China to our benefit.

[ifinnegan]

“Already China scotched NK coal purchases, meaning they have increased purchases from us.”

Not even close to being true.

What they did was go way over their allotment of allowable purchase earlier this year after continuing to buy coal from them despite sanctions against it for about two years n

So earlier this year they pumped the Norks up with a billion dollars of coal purchase over a couple months so they can now pretend to stop (for a while).

I am not addressing their buying coal from us, which I am not saying is untrue.

[Garth Tater]

Yes, but President Trump said " ‘But you want to make a great deal? Solve the problem in North Korea.’ That’s worth having deficits. And that’s worth having not as good a trade deal as I would normally be able to make." which means we are giving up something we were promised (better trade deal with China) for something we don't owe.

If this is our mutual problem then nothing should have to be paid for China's help. They owe that help (without payment) as a responsible player on the world stage. And when you come right down to it they should be doing more than anyone else to solve this problem. First because they are the original cause of the problem. We didn't stop at the DMZ because North Korea stopped us. We stopped because China stopped us there. And second, this is their problem because they have been using North Korea ever since the Korean War as their little dog on a leash. Good for a distraction and maybe even a little ankle nipping now and then. But now the the fat boy's nukes are actually exploding and his ballistic missiles are not exploding on the launch pad that little yapping chihuahua is on the verge of turning into a badass Rotweiler. And the ones that are going to get mauled first are China and South Korea. They are the ones that should be paying the price for this deal. Not us.

[DoughtyOne]

I can’t believe you’re siding with China! /s