pyongyang and the tests continue has come out in several ways. one of them is we are on the verge of very tough trade measures against china on steel, and i m told perhaps also on technology companies. those would really be a shock to the chinese. would be a warning. also, we re getting statements as given to hugh by hr mcmaster, other officials, lindsey graham on television yesterday, essentially warning that war in graham s words is inevitable, unless the chinese do something to get a freeze in the north korean program. so this is basically, i think, a way of signalling the consequences of china not acting are so severe that china must step up. i laid out this morning what i think is the basic strategy here, which is to encourage china to be the convener of a negotiating process that gets all of the neighbors, japan, south korea, the u.s., as a pacific neighbor, china, maybe