China pushes back after Trump trade threat over North Korea

China on Monday pushed back after President Trump warned on Sunday the U.S. is considering cutting off trade with countries doing business with North Korea.

“What is definitely unacceptable to us is that on the one hand we work so hard to peacefully resolve this issue and on the other hand our interests are subject to sanctions and jeopardized,” foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said at a news briefing, according to the Associated Press.

“This is unfair.”

{mosads}His comments come after North Korea claimed it successfully tested a miniaturized hydrogen bomb capable of fitting on an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

Trump on Sunday tweeted that the U.S. was considering “stopping all trade with any country doing business with North Korea.”

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday said North Korea needs to be cut off economically.

He said he is drafting a sanctions package to send to the president for his strong consideration and called the country’s behavior “unacceptable.”

On Monday, U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley said North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un, is “begging for war” with his “abusive use of missiles.”

Trump has in the past gone after China for not doing more to reign in North Korea.