Economics
Trump Faces the Limits of China Strategy After North Korean Missile Launch
- President has options to pressure China to rein in Kim Jong-un
- They come with consequences the U.S. might not want to stomach
UN Security Council Will Meet on North Korea
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Donald Trump is grappling with the limits of his strategy to rely on China to get North Korea to limit its nuclear and ICBM programs following Kim Jong Un’s July 4 test of an intercontinental ballistic missile.
The U.S. president must now decide whether the test, coupled with the death last month of an American college student who had been imprisoned in North Korea, means giving up on collaboration and more directly confronting Beijing. Those advocating a hard line within the administration are emboldened by the recent North Korean actions, and the White House is weighing a series of gestures that could antagonize President Xi Jinping’s government.