MODERATOR：We’ve got time for our last question here in the – please.
QUESTION：Thank you. Mariko de Freytas from Kyodo News. I wanted to ask about secondary sanctions. Would you be able to tell us whether the President or the Secretary of State will be discussing this issue at the summit？ And if that’s the case， what do you expect the outcome to be？ And how ready are you to implement secondary sanctions？ Thank you.
MR POTTINGER：Sure. So， I’m not going to go into the specifics of our approach on North Korea， but I will say that this is going to be an early topic of conversation during the summit， and we will not， sort of， broadcast talking points of the President in advance. But of course， the question of sanctions generally is very much a live one. It’s an operative issue， because the situation’s really boiled down to one of having to apply more pressure， and economic pressure is something that China has the ability to bring to bear in a way that no other single country can. So – for that， thanks.
MODERATOR：Okay. I think that concludes our briefing. Thank you for joining us. Thank you for your patience with the adjustment. |
