The United States has been firm on the need to continue implementing sanctions on North Korea to get it to denuclearize.<br />Washington is clear about what it expects from China, but a bipartisan Congressional panel has concluded that Beijing is NOT doing enough to keep maximum pressure on the regime.<br />Lee Seung-jae reports. <br />Releasing its annual report on Wednesday,... the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission noted that China "appears to have already started to loosen enforcement of sanctions" on the regime.<br />This comes despite Beijing recently agreeing to additional UN Security Council sanctions. <br />The report said that, when China enforced sanctions more thoroughly in the past, it led to a significant decrease in North Korean exports to China.<br />However the Commission says China's enforcement measures "still have holes", including the use of ship-to-ship crude oil transfers. <br />It added Beijing always leaves key lifelines in place for North Korea,... most notably oil exports,... which it believes averts a complete regime collapse.<br />The report comes as tensions have spiked between the world's two largest economies over trade and tariffs issues.<br />Established in 2000,... the commission has reported on China's economic and military rise,... including recommendations for counteractions such as trade sanctions.<br />Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News. <br />
