中朝貿易年上半年出現兩位數字漲幅
China says its trade with North Korea rose in the first six months of 2017, compared to the same period the year before.
China's Customs Administration announced Thursday that trade with the international pariah North grew 10.5 percent to $$2.5 billion between January and June, with exports soaring to 29.1 percent during that period.
The figures are likely to increase calls for Beijing to pressure Pyongyang, its main diplomatic and economic ally, to curb its nuclear and missile testing program. U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out at China's trade with North Korea in a tweet last week, claiming it had grown "almost 40 percent" in the first quarter of this year.
Trump angrily ended his tweet: "So much for China working with us -- but we had to give it a try!"
But Customs spokesman Huang Songping insisted China was upholding United Nations sanctions on North Korea, citing figures showing a 13.2 percent decline in imports from the regime during the same period, with sharp decreases every month since March.中國表示，2017年上半年中國對朝鮮的進出口總值跟去年同期相比有所增長。
中國海關總署星期四宣佈，中國對朝鮮1月到6月的進出口總值25億美元，同比增長10.5%，其中出口更是大幅上漲29.1%。
中國是朝鮮最主要的外交和經濟盟友。中國公佈的最新貿易數字很可能會增加國際社會對北京的呼籲，要求北京對平壤施加壓力，限制朝鮮核武器和導彈試射項目。美國總統川普上星期在推特上批評中國對朝鮮的貿易，說中朝貿易今年第一季度增長幅度近40%。
川普在推文最後憤怒地寫道：“中國就是這麼跟我們合作的，但我們不得不努力一下。”
然而，中國海關總署發言人黃頌平堅持說，中國執行了聯合國對朝鮮的制裁，並引用相關數據說，今年上半年中國從朝鮮的進口額降低了13.2%，三月份以來每個月都在大幅下降。
