China has historically been North Korea's biggest trading partner — and it's not even close.
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North Korea's biggest trading partner is China — and it's not even close
China has historically been North Korea's biggest trading partner.
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Business Insider put together two charts comparing North Korea's imports and exports by country using 2015 data from t
China also previously announced a ban on imports of iron ore, iron, lead, coal, and seafood from North Korea.
Much attention has been paid to the commercial ties between China and North Korea in recent months. Some have argued that the North Korean crisis can be "solved" if China applies economic pressure on the isolated regime.
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In the 2016 US-Korea Yearbook published by the US-Korea Institute of the
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