UN sanctions ban import of N. Korea coal

> The diplomatic wrangling sought to build on the sweeping new North Korea sanctions passed by the UN Security Council . > The new sanctions could cut off roughly one-third of North Korea’s estimated $3 billion in annual exports. > All countries are now banned from importing North Korean coal, iron, lead and seafood products. > The US drafted the sanctions resolution and negotiated it with China following North Korea’s unprecedented test of an ICBM in July and a follow-up test weeks later > Despite deeming North Korea a top security threat, the young Trump administration has struggled to find a strategy that differs significantly from what the United States has tried in the past several years.