China Slams Trump’s Trade Threat As “Unacceptable”

The United States is considering, in addition to other options, stopping all trade with any country doing business with North Korea.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 3, 2017

An angry China slammed President Trump’s threat on Monday to cut off trade with countries that deal with North Korea, as “unacceptable” and “unfair.” As a reminder, following Sunday’s nuclear test by North Korea, Trump threatened to increase economic sanctions and halt trade with any country doing business with North Korea, a threat he has used before without following through. That list would include China, the U. S.’s biggest trading partner, which accounted for about a sixth of its overseas commerce.
The comments were seen as a not-so-veiled warning to China, Kim’s closest ally and commercial partner, and led to a prompt response by China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang who classified Trump’s comments as “definitely unacceptable.”
‘What is definitely unacceptable to us is a situation in which on the one hand we work to resolve this issue peacefully but on the other hand our own interests are subject to sanctions and jeopardized,’ Geng said at a regular briefing in Beijing, according to the Associated Press.

This post was published at Zero Hedge on Sep 4, 2017.