How 90,000 seized vodka bottles for North Korea help explain why Trump is so optimistic about his summit with Kim Jong Un
A customs official displays a container with 90,000 bottles of vodka after it was intercepted in the port of Rotterdam, on Feb. 26, 2019. By Rick Noack Rick Noack Foreign affairs reporter focusing on Australia, New Zealand and international security Email Bio Follow February 27 at 6:02 AM When world leaders sought to bond and make peace in the past, some of them resorted to one glasses of alcohol.
sanctions must be approved the Security Council, which includes Britain, France and the United States, but also China and Russia. window.havePowaBoot=true; Besides trade restrictions, imposed sanctions have consisted of travel bans or asset freezes, among other measures. But none of those restrictions can fully ensure a country’s isolation, as long as it has some friends or partners abroad. China, for instance, voted in favor of sanctions targeting North Korea at the U.N. Security Council.
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