China was doing something about North Korea. So was Russia:
- On 30 March 2010, President Dmitry Medvedev signed a
decree implementing intensified United Nations Security Council sanctions against Pyongyang's nuclear programs.
- In December 2013 Russia joined the sanctions against North Korea, introduced in March by the
UN Security Council (
Resolution 2087).
-In December 2016,
Resolution 2321, passed and capped North Korea's coal exports and banned exports of copper, nickel, zinc, and silver. In February 2017, a UN panel said that 116 of 193 member states had not yet submitted a report on their implementation of these sanctions, though China had.
- In February 2017, China banned all imports of coal from North Korea for the rest of that year. China also banned exports of some petroleum products and imports of textiles from North Korea in line with United Nations resolutions.
- In October 2017 Vladimir Putin signed Presidential decree No. 484 "
On measures to implement UN Security Council resolution 2321 of November 30, 2016" imposing sanctions on North Korea in connection with the adoption of UN Security Council resolution 2321 of 30 November 2016.
THEN.......
*** In January 2018, Trump's trade war crusade against China and constant denigration began.
*** In June 2019,
both China and Russia blocked UN efforts to declare that North Korea was violating oil caps.
*** In December 2019, China and Russia proposed the U.N. Security Council lift a ban on North Korea exporting statues, seafood and textiles, in a move Russia said is aimed at encouraging talks between Washington and Pyongyang.
*** By late 2020,
China was being accused of helping North Korea evade UN sanctions.