Trump heralded a new trade agreement with South Korea at his first public appearance in nearly a week yesterday, but then immediately suggested that he might delay finalizing it while negotiating with North
Korea over its nuclear program.
North Korea condemned the latest round of United Nations sanctions and reiterated that it wouldn't
negotiate over its nuclear program until the U.S. ceases «hostile» policies.
One reason is that the US president has agreed to give the North Koreans something they've wanted for years — direct negotiations with an American
leader over their nuclear program — with relatively little time for advance preparation.
Trump is expected to agree this week to continue granting Iran a reprieve from
sanctions over its nuclear program, while again signaling his displeasure with the international nuclear deal that lifted the penalties, U.S. and European officials, congressional aides and others said.
Klein thinks its possible that South Korea and China are coordinating their crackdowns on cryptocurrency in an effort to put more financial pressure on North Korea in the ongoing
standoff over its nuclear program.
From Project Syndicate in Collaboration with Martin Van Creveld: Israel is daily ratcheting up its threats to attack
Iran over its nuclear program.
The US keeps imposing new sanctions on North
Korea over its nuclear program but they're not changing Kim Jong Un's behavior — and for a surprising reason: Pyongyang's skill at using cryptocurrencies.
During an interview on his radio program with Rep. Peter Roskam, R - Ill., over the weekend, Kudlow said he would mount a challenge to incumbent Sen. Richard Blumenthal if the Democrat supports the international agreement with Iran
over its nuclear program.