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Trump: North Korea sanctions ‘small step,’ warns of more

pen.” He did not elaborate. that could soon range the
Despite its limited econom- American mainland.
ic impact, the new sanc- Briefing the U.S. lawmakers,
tions succeed in adding Treasury Assistant Secretary
further pressure on Pyong- for Terrorist Financing Mar-
yang without alienating shall Billingslea displayed
Moscow and Beijing. The satellite photos to demon-
U.S. needs the support of strate North Korea’s de-
both of its geopolitical ri- ceptive shipping practices.
vals for its current strategy He focused in particular
of using economic pressure on how it masks exports
and diplomacy — and not of coal that were banned
military options — for get- in August after the North
ting North Korea to halt its tested two intercontinental
testing of nuclear bombs ballistic missiles.
and the missiles for deliver- In one example, a North
ing them. Korean ship registered in
Trump said it was “nice” to St. Kitts and Nevis was said
get a 15-0 vote at the U.N. to have sailed from China
But underscoring the big to North Korea, turning off
questions about Chinese its transponder to conceal
and Russian compliance, its location as it loaded
senior U.S. officials told the coal. The ship then docked
House Foreign Affairs Com- in Vladivostok, Russia, be-
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak in the mittee on Tuesday that ef- fore finally going to China
Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017, in Washington. fective enforcement by to presumably unload its
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) both of the North’s neigh- cargo.
By MAT PENNINGTON with the rogue nation. The measures fell short of bors and trading partners China accounts for 90 per-
Associated Press The U.N. Security Coun- Washington’s goals: a po- will be the acid test of cent of North Korea’s exter-
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi- cil’s new restrictions could tentially crippling ban on whether sanctions work. nal trade.
dent Donald Trump said further bite into North Ko- oil imports and freezing the The U.N. has adopted mul- “The success of the pres-
Tuesday new U.N. sanctions rea’s meager economy international assets of Kim tiple resolutions against sure strategy will depend
“are nothing compared to after what Kim Jong Un’s and his government. North Korea since its first nu- on cooperation from in-
what ultimately will have to authoritarian government “We think it’s just another clear test explosion in 2006, ternational partners, espe-
happen” to stop North Ko- says was a hydrogen bomb very small step - not a big banning it from arms trad- cially Beijing,” said Susan
rea’s nuclear march. U.S. test Sept. 3. The world body deal,” Trump said as he ing and curbing exports Thornton, America’s top
officials showed Congress on Monday banned North met with Malaysia’s prime of commodities it heavily diplomat for East Asia. “We
satellite images of illicit Korean textile exports, an minister at the White House. relies on for revenue. That have also made clear that
trade to highlight the chal- important source of hard “But those sanctions are has have failed to stop its if China and Russia do not
lenge of getting China and currency, and capped its nothing compared to what progress toward develop- act, we will use the tools
Russia to cut off commerce imports of crude oil. ultimately will have to hap- ing a nuclear-tipped missile we have at our disposal.”q
Senate GOP struggles with deficit in work on budget, taxes

By MARCY GORDON Committee met Tuesday top economic adviser, Not wanting to show dis- administration would be
ANDREW TAYLOR with two top Trump admin- Gary Cohn, and Treasury appointment, participants open to changes sought
Associated Press istration officials to make Secretary Steven Mnuchin stressed that it was intend- by lawmakers to improve
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen- progress on forging the met with McConnell, R-Ky., ed to be preliminary. the chances for passage
ate Republicans are strug- budget plan, which is re- and budget panel mem- Finance Committee Chair- of a tax overhaul this year.
gling with how many billions quired to stave off poten- bers. man Sen. In an interview with CNBC,
of dollars President Donald tial Democratic blocking “From my standpoint, let’s Orrin Hatch said afterward Mnuchin also said the ad-
Trump’s tax code overhaul tactics and pass the subse- set ourselves up for success that the group, which dis- ministration would “abso-
will add to the deficit as quent tax bill only with GOP on tax reform,” Sen. cussed the broad outlines lutely” consider making tax
they work on a GOP bud- votes. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., a of the deficit trade-off cuts retroactive to the start
get plan that’s a prereq- The as-yet-undrafted bill member of the committee, for a new tax bill, had not of this year if overhaul legis-
uisite to any far-reaching to overhaul the tax code said before the meeting. reached an agreement. lation didn’t pass until 2018.
change in the nation’s tax is the top priority for Trump The meeting ended in late Hatch, R-Utah, said he ex- In addition, the administra-
system. and Republicans after the afternoon without specific pected more information tion would consider includ-
Senate Majority Leader collapse of their effort to proposed numbers for the to come soon. ing an infrastructure spend-
Mitch McConnell and GOP dismantle Barack Obama’s size of the budget coming Mnuchin signaled ahead ing bill as part of the tax
members of the Budget health care law. Trump’s forward. of the meeting that the legislation, Mnuchin said. q