The US has imposed more sanctions on North Korea as well as Chinese firms that trade with the regime, as part of its campaign to convince Pyongyang to abandon its missile and nuclear weapons programmes.
The Treasury yesterday unveiled sanctions on one Chinese individual, 13 entities that included four Chinese trading companies, and 20 shipping vessels that it says are helping North Korea evade UN sanctions.
Steven Mnuchin, Treasury secretary, said the US was “steadfast in our determination to maximise economic pressure to isolate it from outside sources of trade and revenue’’. He added that the latest sanctions targeted companies that engaged in hundreds of millions of dollars of trade with North Korea.