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Inexplicably. there was another threat the president made say he is considering stopping all trade with any country doing business with north korea. that was talking about china who is north korea's biggest trading partner and ours too. $650 billion of trade with china in the year. that seems to be pretty unrealistic. there is room for more sanctions but stopping all trade with china? >> china has been a huge proble problem. >> absolutely. >> 90% of north korea's trade is with china. they do these piecemeal things. if we care about keeping, constraining them, we have to do secondary sections a...

Drafting a package of sanctions for the president to consider. >> we're going to strongly consider everything at this point, and, again, i will draft a package for his strong consideration that would go as far as cutting off all trade or other business. this behavior is unacceptable, and if countries want to do business with the united states, they obviously will be working with our allying and others to cut off north korea economically. the key player here is china. despite shining on to the u.n. sweeping export sanctions s. china is north korea's biggest trading partner, also the largest tra...

They're deliberately provoking us in the general doesn't like it. i appreciate that he's in charge right now. >> molly: secretary mattis said the president wanted to be brief on many military options. one of those options? >> one is economic sanctions. we know their $650 billion in trade with china. china has not done enough to stop this from happening. if we cut off the spigot with china will quickly see them realize they no longer have money and resources coming into the country that they want from our citizens. we could live longer without them then they can without us. also, we need to ens...

States, $650 billion. chinese trade with north korea 2.5. and important to the north korea but not chinese. why is it this an issue with the chinese? >> one much their recent comments is a perfect example of how the chinese dealt with the problem for years and years. first and foremost, the chinese government acts in its own best. >>. that's how they think. what it is, is what is best for china. it is not a global issue for them. it is unhelpful to work hard and at the same time sanctions and possibly talk about trade and defense. that is unhelpful. china hasn't been trying to solve the probl...

Biggest trading partner in goods. total trade between the u.s. and china topping almost $650 billion last year. that's according to the office of u.s. trade representative. meantime, the "washington post" reporting this weekend that president trump is telling advisers to prepare for withdrawing the u.s. from a free trade agreement that it has with south korea. according to the paper, trump is frustrated that the new south korean president moon is not willing to accept some u.s. trade demands. and breaking -- breaking overnight, president trump is moving to end the program that protects undoc...