President Donald Trump said he’ll announce his administration’s largest U.S. sanctions package yet against North Korea on Friday.
The sanctions, which Trump plans to unveil at a meeting of conservatives near Washington, aims to disrupt North Korean shipping and trading companies and vessels to further isolate the regime of Kim Jong Un.
North Korea already faces the most severe sanctions imposed by the U.S. The additional sanctions follow a year of escalating tensions between the U.S. and North Korea over its ballistic missile testing and nuclear development programs.
Vice President Mike Pence hinted at the new sanctions earlier this month during an Asia trip, promising the administration would bring “maximum pressure” to bear on the Kim government.