North Korea’s Kim Jong Un called Trump a ‘dotard.’
KCNA via Reuters
The latest salvo of insults and threats between President Trump and North Korea’s Kim brought the region a little bit closer to war. China, North Korea’s closest trading partner, may be the only way out.
Apple’s products would be a lot more expensive if the U.S. didn’t trade with China.
Reuters/Eduardo Munoz
The president said he’s considering ending trade with any country that does business with North Korea. Here’s why that will never happen.
EPA/Fred Dufour Jr
China’s Xi Jinping has a crucial political manoeuvre to execute at home – and North Korea has stolen the limelight.
Chinese President Xi Jinping may be the only person able to rein in North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, Michael Dinneen
China is North Korea’s biggest trading partner by far, giving the former a great deal of leverage over the behavior of its neighbor.