China may ‘ease up’ on sanctions against North Korea as the trade war drags on

As President Donald Trump continues to ramp up trade pressure on China, Beijing may be “less motivated to cooperate” with the U.S. over sanctions against North Korea, an expert told CNBC Wednesday. “China has been taking steps to relax its enforcement of sanctions even before the trade tensions with the United States flared up,” according to Scott Seaman director of Asia at political risk consulting firm Eurasia Group. But as the trade war between the world’s two largest economies drags on, China could find more reasons to relax its enforcement of sanctions against North Korea, he said. Read more here