Trump says ‘additional major sanctions’ coming for North Korea

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People watch a television news screen showing pictures of US President Donald Trump (C) and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (R) at a railway station in Seoul on November 29, 2017.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on Chinese President Xi Jinping to exert Beijing’s pressure on North Korea after Pyongyang said it successfully tested a new intercontinental ballistic missile, the White House said.

“Trump emphasized the need for China to use all available levers to convince North Korea to end its provocations and return to the path of denuclearization,” the White House said in its statement after the two leaders spoke earlier on Wednesday.

Trump said “additional major sanctions will be imposed on North Korea today” in a Wednesday morning tweet.

@realdonaldtrump Just spoke to President XI JINPING of China concerning the provocative actions of North Korea. Additional major sanctions will be imposed on North Korea today. This situation will be handled!

Neither the White House nor the Treasury Department provided additional details about the president’s tweet about forthcoming sanctions against North Korea, according to reporting from CNBC.

@eamonjavers White House and Treasury are not providing additional details on the president’s tweet about new sanctions coming soon against North Korea.

–CNBC’s Kevin Breuninger and Eamon Javers contributed to this report.