In late May, I had the opportunity to visit the Philippines and to meet with President Rodrigo Duterte.President Duterte pledged to me that the Philippines would wind down all business ties with North Korea. And the U.S.-Republic of Korea alliance is the bedrock of our nation’s alliances in this region.As President Trump stated yesterday after his meeting with President Moon Jae-in:I believe this a most accurate portrayal of a proud people and nation.You have asked me today to not only assess the state of the U.S.-Republic of Korea alliance, but to also more broadly address the Trump Administration’s policies toward the Indo-Pacific region.Both sets of policies are necessarily driven today by a troubling reality -- unless drastic diplomatic and economic measures are taken now by the international community, we may be heading for a nuclear showdown that could cost millions of lives on the Korean Peninsula and possibly beyond. Instead of working with the United States and the international community to disarm the madman in Pyongyang, Beijing has called on the United States and South Korea to halt our military exercises and engaged in an unprecedented economic pressure campaign against Seoul for the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, a purely defensive system.By some estimates, the Chinese campaign against the South Korean economy cost Seoul anywhere from 5 billion to 15 billion U.S. dollars.If only Beijing exerted this kind of concerted unilateral sanctions pressure against the North Korean regime, it would bankrupt Pyongyang’s coffers twice over.The Administration should also continue to reject any ill-conceived Chinese “freeze for freeze” negotiations proposals.We should never horse-trade the illegal activities that North Korea is conducting – and which have been condemned by multiple UN Security Council Resolutions – for completely legal activities under the U.S.-ROK alliance.Moreover, before any talks in any format with North Korea, the United States and our partners must demand that Pyongyang first adhere to the denuclearization commitments it had already agreed to in the past – and subsequently chose to brazenly violate. ARIA will pursue three broad goals to strengthen U.S. policy toward the Asia-Pacific.First, it will strengthen U.S. security commitments to our allies and build partner capacity in the Asia-Pacific to deter aggression, project power, and combat terrorism.To do so, the ARIA will authorize funds to bolster U.S. military presence in the region, grow partner nation maritime capabilities to deter aggression in their territorial waters, and build new counterterrorism partnership programs in Southeast Asia to combat the growing presence of ISIS and other terrorist organizations.ARIA will also enshrine a policy of regularly enforcing U.S. freedom of navigation and overflight rights in the East and South China Seas.We will reaffirm our commitment to longstanding treaty alliances in region and call for building new regional security partnerships.We will unequivocally back our ally Taiwan, including authorizing new arms sales, regularizing the arms sales process, and providing for enhanced diplomatic and defense contacts with Taipei.Second, ARIA will promote sustained economic engagement and securing U.S. market access in the Indo-Pacific region as essential elements for the future growth of the U.S. economy and success of American businesses.To do so, ARIA will require that the Trump Administration find new and innovative ways to economically engage the region.We will mandate that United States government engage in bilateral or multilateral trade negotiations and also enhance our trade facilitation efforts, in order to increase opportunities for American businesses to find new export markets in the region.U.S.-made exports to Asia will mean more good-paying American jobs at home – a winning proposition.ARIA will authorize U.S. energy exports to the region and establish policies to promote sustainable power generation throughout the region.We will also ensure that there is a level playing field for U.S. companies, including cracking down on state-sponsored and state-endorsed theft of U.S. intellectual property from American businesses.Third, ARIA will enshrine promotion of democracy, human rights, and the rule of law as key U.S. policy objectives in the Indo-Pacific region, particularly in Southeast Asia.I continue to engage my colleagues in Congress and senior officials in the Administration to advance this initiative and I welcome your input as we move forward.The stakes for the Trump Administration could not be any higher in the Indo-Pacific region. Prior to that date, North Korea ranked Even with the 148% sanctions increase after the Act, North Korea is today still only the The Trump Administration has the opportunity to use these authorities to exert maximum pressure not only with Pyongyang, but also with Beijing.I am encouraged by the actions the Administration took this July to finally designate a Chinese financial institution, the Bank of Dandong. Enhancing the beauty, value, and efficacy of neighborhoods and their residents is at the center of our work: beauty in the form and function of buildings, value in terms of building economic worth, and efficacy in the ability of people to improve their lives through housing stability, connection to resources, and a caring community. Heritage Education Funds is a division of Knowledge First Financial Inc. 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To date, over 20 nations have downgraded diplomatic relations or cut-off business ties with Pyongyang.This is a major success for which the Administration deserves to be commended.Quiet pressure also works. More than 500,000 Americans donate to support Heritage… Address:-Northwards 21 Rockridge Road, Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2193; The Administration has a robust toolbox already available to ramp up the sanctions track -- a track that has historically been hardly been utilized to its fullest extent.Last Congress, I led the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act in the Senate, which passed by a vote of 96-0.


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