The U.S. demanded that China cut off all oil exports to North Korea after the country's latest intercontinental ballistic missile test, warning that Washington will force action if Beijing fails to do so.
President Donald Trump called China's President Xi Jinping "and told him that we have come to the point that China must cut off the oil from North Korea," U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley said at an emergency session of the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday. While saying "our hopes are that China will show leadership and follow through," Haley issued a warning: "China can do this on its own, or we can take the oil situation into our own hands."
Pyongyang launched an ICBM early Wednesday — its third this year. The Security Council meeting was injected with new urgency as experts concurred with North Korea's boast that the test showed its missiles could now reach anywhere in the U.S.