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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRestoring North Korea to Terrorism Blacklist Dims Hopes for Talks
SEOUL, South Korea President Trumps re-designation of North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism may have dashed cautious hopes in the region that talks and diplomacy would replace escalating tensions and bellicose threats, analysts said on Tuesday.
Despite a two-month hiatus in North Koreas weapons tests, Mr. Trump has held to his policy of maximum pressure, restoring North Korea on Monday to Washingtons list of terrorism-sponsoring states, along with Iran, Sudan and Syria. The move, he said, would be followed by the highest level of sanctions.
On Tuesday, Treasury Department officials announced a new round of sanctions aimed at disrupting the Norths nuclear and ballistic missile program. They were levied against Chinese trading companies and several North Korean shipping vessels and companies, freezing their assets and prohibiting Americans from engaging in transactions with them.
Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson had described the sanctions on Monday as extensions of existing prohibitions. It may, though, disrupt and dissuade some third parties, he said. This will close a few additional loopholes off.
Analysts said they doubted that new sanctions would make any real difference on the already heavily penalized country. If anything, they said, the designation will make diplomacy more difficult without increasing Washingtons leverage, warning that North Korea will probably take the naming and shaming as another reason to stick to its hard-line policy of developing and testing nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles.
Despite a two-month hiatus in North Koreas weapons tests, Mr. Trump has held to his policy of maximum pressure, restoring North Korea on Monday to Washingtons list of terrorism-sponsoring states, along with Iran, Sudan and Syria. The move, he said, would be followed by the highest level of sanctions.
On Tuesday, Treasury Department officials announced a new round of sanctions aimed at disrupting the Norths nuclear and ballistic missile program. They were levied against Chinese trading companies and several North Korean shipping vessels and companies, freezing their assets and prohibiting Americans from engaging in transactions with them.
Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson had described the sanctions on Monday as extensions of existing prohibitions. It may, though, disrupt and dissuade some third parties, he said. This will close a few additional loopholes off.
Analysts said they doubted that new sanctions would make any real difference on the already heavily penalized country. If anything, they said, the designation will make diplomacy more difficult without increasing Washingtons leverage, warning that North Korea will probably take the naming and shaming as another reason to stick to its hard-line policy of developing and testing nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/21/world/asia/north-korea-terrorism-trump.html
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Restoring North Korea to Terrorism Blacklist Dims Hopes for Talks (Original Post)
CousinIT
Nov 2017
OP
Yes Trump no doubt wants to pull a Bush and invade a country and arrest/kill a leader.
Irish_Dem
Nov 2017
#2
dhol82
(9,353 posts)1. Waiting for the shooting war
Thats all they have left.
Irish_Dem
(47,131 posts)2. Yes Trump no doubt wants to pull a Bush and invade a country and arrest/kill a leader.
And everyone will love him.
dhol82
(9,353 posts)3. Yup, sadly thats what he thinks
Unfortunately, what it will do is trigger off WWIII.
Not amusing.
Irish_Dem
(47,131 posts)4. Yes, none of this is amusing, in fact quite scary. nt