{"id":1412341,"date":"2022-03-31T08:59:39","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T12:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1412341"},"modified":"2022-03-31T08:59:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T12:59:44","slug":"exclusive-house-republicans-ask-biden-administration-why-its-not-sanctioning-north-korea-and-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-house-republicans-ask-biden-administration-why-its-not-sanctioning-north-korea-and-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: House Republicans Ask Biden Administration Why It&#039;s Not Sanctioning North Korea and China"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-house-republicans-ask-biden-administration-why-its-not-sanctioning-north-korea-and-china%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1412341&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">House Republicans are pressing the Biden administration on why it is not making full use of congressionally approved sanctions against China for providing support to North Korea in light of Pyongyang\u2019s recent illicit ballistic missile testing, Breitbart News has learned.<\/p>\n<p>In a March 31, 2022, letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken led by Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL), members of the Republican Study Committee noted the uptick in North Korea\u2019s illicit missile testing and activities with Chinese support in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>They wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>On March 4, North Korea launched a ballistic missile toward the sea off its east coast, its second missile test that week. On February 26, Japan and South Korea claimed that Pyongyang launched a ballistic missile which the Kim regime claimed was for a reconnaissance satellite system. Your administration has recently assessed that these latter two missiles are components of new intercontinental ballistic missile system under development. North Korea has launched at least 11 projectiles this year, including two modified long-range cruise missiles and its first intermediate-range ballistic missile since 2017, the Hwasong-12, which can reach the U.S. territory of Guam.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIn the face of these developments we find your administration\u2019s North Korea policy lacking and urge you to levy, tighten, and enforce sanctions based on congressional statutes as well as the broad executive authorities available to incumber North Korean military modernization and counter the Kim regime,\u201d they wrote to Blinken.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17947594\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/09\/Blinken.jpeg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken participate in a meeting with President Moon Jae-in of the Republic of Korea in the State Dining Room of the White House on May 21, 2021. (Stefani Reynolds-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>They noted that Congress passed mandatory sanctions on North Korea in 2016, 2017, and 2019 by \u201coverwhelming bipartisan majorities,\u201d adding, \u201cDespite this bipartisan track record of calling for pressure on North Korea, your administration does not appear to have a serious sanctions strategy nor implementation plan for mandatory penalties on North Korea.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>They noted that the Biden administration has issued sanctions focused on North Korea\u2019s weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs twice \u2014 on January 12, 2022, targeting six North Korean individuals, including four based in China, a Russian individual, and a Russian entity; and on March 11, 2022, against\u00a0three Russian companies and two individuals for supporting North Korea\u2019s weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs.<\/p>\n<p>But they asked specifically why the administration did not designate additional entities in China and Russia as part of its North Korea sanctions designations and why\u00a0the administration is not sanctioning entities in China associated with illicit coal shipments to North Korea <a href=\"https:\/\/www.securitycouncilreport.org\/atf\/cf\/%7B65BFCF9B-6D27-4E9C-8CD3-CF6E4FF96FF9%7D\/S_2021_777_E.pdf\">documented<\/a> by the United Nations Security Council.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoes the Department assess that North Korea exported coal in 2021? If so, why has the administration not issued sanctions against entities, individuals, and financial institutions, including in China, associated with these activities?\u201d the lawmakers asked Blinken.<\/p>\n<p>Cammack said in a statement to Breitbart News:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Sanctions against North Korea will not work until we hold China accountable. Under President Trump, the U.S. imposed sanctions on Chinese banks and financial institutions that provided support to North Korea, but ever since Biden took office, we\u2019ve seen zero sanctions out of this White House.<\/p>\n<p>Despite several missile launches and provocations, this administration repeatedly fails to hold China accountable for its work with North Korea. I am pleased to lead my Republican Study Committee colleagues in calling out the Biden State Department for its gross failures on this front.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_18023962\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/kim-jung-un.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18023962\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/kim-jung-un.jpeg\" alt=\"North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks after watch the gymnastic and artistic performance at the May Day Stadium on September 19, 2018, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Pyeongyang Press Corps\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks at May Day Stadium on September 19, 2018, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Pyeongyang Press Corps\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In\u00a0addition to Cammack, the letter is signed by RSC Chairman Jim Banks, RSC National Security and Foreign Affairs Task Force Chairman Joe Wilson, and Reps.\u00a0Ted Budd,\u00a0Guy Reschenthaler,\u00a0Dan Crenshaw,\u00a0Neal Dunn,\u00a0Buddy Carter,\u00a0Byron Donalds, Jeff Duncan, Doug LaMalfa,\u00a0Debbie Lesko,\u00a0Doug Lamborn, Jake LaTurner,\u00a0John Joyce,\u00a0Tracey Mann, Blake Moore,\u00a0Markwayne Mullin, August Pfluger,\u00a0Bryan Steil,\u00a0Greg Steube,\u00a0Chris Stewart,\u00a0Mike Waltz,\u00a0Brad Wenstrup,\u00a0Brian Babin,\u00a0Ben Cline,\u00a0Nicole Malliotakis, and\u00a0Bob Good.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Banks said in a statement:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Sanctions on North Korea are worthless if you refuse to hold China accountable. President Trump understood this, but more than a year into his presidency, Joe Biden has failed to impose the sanctions the Trump administration placed on Chinese banks and financial institutions that support North Korea. It\u2019s a puzzle and the only explanation I can find is that Biden wants to protect his family\u2019s multi-million-dollar business dealings.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m grateful to the more than 20 members of Republican Study Committee who joined Rep. Cammack\u2019s letter to the Biden State Department.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wilson added:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Biden administration is severely lacking in its policy on North Korea as Kim Jong Un continues testing ballistic missiles. We need answers as to why this administration refuses to designate individuals in China and Russia under sanctions against North Korea\u2019s ballistic missile program.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The lawmakers also said they are disturbed by the U.N. reporting that North Korea and Iran have \u201cresumed cooperation on long-range missile development projects\u201d and asked what the status of cooperation is between the two nations on ballistic missile cooperation and what the Biden administration is doing about it.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration is seeking to reenter the Obama administration\u2019s nuclear deal with Iran and has been opaque on details of the negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe seek your written answers to these questions no later than March 31st, 2022 at 11:59 PM,\u201d the House Republicans wrote.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Breitbart News\u2019s Kristina Wong on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/kristina_wong\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0or on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kristinawongreporting\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republicans are pressing the Biden administration on why it is not making full use of congressionally approved sanctions against China for providing support to North Korea in light of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1412341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1412341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1412341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1412341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1412341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1412341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1412341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}