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*** 25-Feb-18 World View -- China angrily demands that the US retract the new North Korea sanctions

This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
  • As North Korea's 'charm offensive' fades, decision time for military action approaches
  • New Trump administration sanctions target companies trading with North Korea
  • China angrily demands that the US retract the new North Korea sanctions

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**** As North Korea's 'charm offensive' fades, decision time for military action approaches
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Picture of North Korean vessel conducting ship-to-ship transfer of goods with the Panama-flagged KOTI in order to evade sanctions (Dept. of Treasury)

There's a growing feeling that the "crunch time" with North Korea is
close. Already, as we reported two days ago, the North is sending its most notorious military general

to lead the North Korean delegation in the Winter Olympics in Seoul on
Sunday. Kim Yong-chol is the North Korean general who masterminded
the devastating attacks on South Korean targets in 2010, and the North
is insulting the South by sending him to the closing ceremony, and is
signaling that its "charm offensive" has ended.

Because of the North's charm offensive, South Korea and the US agreed
to postponed their planned joint military drills until March 18, when
the Olympics and Paralympics games finally end. It's believed that
South Korea and the US have agreed on a date around April 1 to restart
them, and that will infuriate the North Koreans.

As we've also reported, North Korea has resumed development of nuclear
weapons and long-range ballistic missiles, even as the "charm
offensive" was in progress.

We've known for a long time that at some point, the US is going to
face a stark choice: Either accept a nuclear North Korea with an
arsenal of nuclear-tipped missiles pointed at the United States, and
accept that this nuclear missile technology will be sold to any nation
or terrorist group willing to pay cash, or take military action, a
"bloody nose attack" on North Korea that will disable their nuclear
missile development, at least for a while.

We've known this for some time, and now we've almost completely run
out of time. One choice or the other will have to be made soon. And
obviously there's only one choice. Numerous administration officials
have made it clear that North Korea will not be permitted to have a
nuclear weapon and ballistic missile system that can reach the United
States. Newsweek and Fox News

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**** New Trump administration sanctions target companies trading with North Korea
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The Trump administration's announcement on Friday of new sanctions has
the feel of desperation, and last desperate attempt to avoid having to
make the stark choice just described. Furthermore, president Donald
Trump warned of an unnamed "phase two," presumably a military action,
that could be "very, very unfortunate for the world" if the sanctions
did not work.

The new sanctions don't directly target North Korea. Instead, they
target shipping, trading companies and vessels that from other
countries that have been used to allow the North Koreans to cheat on
the existing sanctions.

A particular practice that the sanctions target is ship-to-ship
transfers. A ship carrying goods that are bound for North Korea does
not actually dock in North Korea. Instead, the ship has a rendezvous
with a North Korean ship in the middle of the sea, and the goods are
transferred from the first ship to the North Korean ship. At the same
time, goods from the North Korean can be transferred to the other ship
for illegal export.

At a briefing, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin stood next to enlarged
photos from December 2017 that he said revealed ship-to-ship transfers
of fuel and other products destined for North Korea in an attempt to
evade sanctions. The picture at the beginning of this article depicts
such a December 9 rendezvous between a North Korean vessel and the
Panama-flagged KOTI, for an illegal ship-to-ship transfer.

The sanctions are aimed at ships located, registered or flagged in
numerous countries, including China, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong,
Marshall Islands, Tanzania, Panama and the Comoros.

Examples of international shipping companies that are sanctioned
include the following:
  • Shandong, China-based Weihai World-Shipping Freight and
    Shanghai, China-based Shanghai Dongfeng Shipping Co Ltd;

  • Hong Kong-based shipping companies Liberty Shipping Co Ltd, Chang
    An Shipping & Technology, Hongxiang Marine Hong Kong Ltd, Shen Zhong
    International Shipping Ltd, and Huaxin Shipping HongKong Ltd;

  • Singapore-based Yuk Tung Energy Private Limited;

  • Panama-based M.T. Koti Corporation.

Mnuchin said he could not rule out the prospect of the United States
boarding and inspecting North Korean ships.

The announcement stops short of a full blockade of North Korea, as
that could be considered an act of war. Reuters and Dept. of Treasury

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**** China angrily demands that the US retract the new North Korea sanctions
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China angrily denounced the latest American sanctions on North Korea.
It was China's latest in a series of denunciations of any sanctions
against North Korea not imposed within the framework of the United
Nations. As I explained recently,

Russia and China have adopted a policy of using the UN Security
Council to control US foreign policy by demanding that any action be
approved by the UNSC where they have a veto. However, Russia and
China feel free to take any illegal action they wish without asking
for UNSC approval. So this is another example of that policy.

China's Foreign Ministry issued this statement on Saturday:

<QUOTE>"The Chinese government has been comprehensively and
strictly implementing the Security Council resolutions on the DPRK
and fulfilling its international obligations, and never allows any
Chinese citizen or company to engage in activities in violation of
the Security Council resolutions. If any breach of the Security
Council resolutions and Chinese laws and regulations is found out
through investigation, the Chinese side will seriously deal with
it in accordance with laws and regulations.

The Chinese side firmly opposes the US imposing unilateral
sanctions and "long-arm jurisdiction" on Chinese entities or
individuals in accordance with its domestic laws. We have lodged
stern representations with the US side over this, urging it to
immediately stop such wrongdoings so as not to undermine bilateral
cooperation on the relevant area."<END QUOTE>


Reports indicate that South Korea, Singapore, Japan and other Asian
countries are endorsing the US-imposed sanctions, and are willing to
cooperate in enforcing them. China evidently is not.

Mnuchin said he could not rule out the prospect of the United States
boarding and inspecting North Korean ships, but this presumably does
not apply to China's ships. However, there are Chinese companies
targeted in the sanctions, and they will be prohibited from financial
transactions in US banks and elsewhere. This is one more potential
flash point and the growing North Korea crisis, which may be close to
the day of its dénouement. Foreign Ministry of China and VOA and Reuters

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KEYS: Generational Dynamics, North Korea, Kim Yong-chol,
China, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Marshall Islands,
Tanzania, Panama, Comoros, M.T. Koti, Steven Mnuchin,
South Korea, Singapore, Japan

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