Mnuchin says he'll draft new sanctions after North Korea test
Source: Axios
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on "Fox News Sunday" that he plans to draft a new sanctions package for President Trump's "strong consideration" after North Korea's nuclear weapons test on Saturday night.
He said the package will be such that if a company in China or elsewhere wants to do business with North Korea, it won't be able to do business with the U.S.
"I did speak with the president, and it's clear that this behavior is completely unacceptable."
"There's a lot we can do to cut them off economically, much more than we've done already."
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Mnuchin says Harvey funds must be tied to debt ceiling rise
Dave Lawler 21 mins ago
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told "Fox News Sunday" that Congress must tie Harvey recovery funding to a clean debt ceiling rise, or else the money intended for Harvey might not arrive.
"Prior to Harvey I've said, you know, we have enough funding to go through the end of September... with Harvey its moved the situation up earlier," he said. On whether Trump's threat to shut down the government over the border wall is out the window:
"I can't really comment on if it's out the window or not out the window," but priority now is Harvey.
On whether tax reform will blow a hole in the national debt: "We want to make sure we can pay for things, but the way we're going to pay for things is with economic growth." He said he thinks growth will likely be higher than the models predict.
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