Experts call on China to use leverage in North Korea

Cato Institute experts said that China must be encouraged to use its leverage in North Korea to contain Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program.  Ted Galen Carpenter called for a strategic shift by Washington to induce active cooperation from Beijing. Now was the time for collective negotiations and the United States must suggest serious talks with the North, he said, adding that  Washington should suggest everything Pyongyang wants, including establishing diplomatic ties, exchange of ambassadors and replacing the Armistice Agreement with a peace treaty. In return, Washington should demand a complete, verifiable and irreversible abandonment of the North Korean nuclear program.