Since they already have working nukes and they can credibly nuke South Korea and Japan, it's not clear what the point is in trying to restrict access now.
The best that can be achieved now is that they can't kill people in DC, which I'm not sure is worth so much to people in Tokyo that you can get them to sign on to your sanctions regime.
Sure, but unless you claim their nuclear program is mostly funded directly by the hacking this is not a particularly targeted sanction. If you insist on targeting just their general economy it's probably better to go after coal or chemicals.
In any case, the OP was obviously talking about which technology should be denied for the purpose of it not being directly used to construct a bomb. To reply "we should deny them money" is quite beside the point.
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Since they already have working nukes and they can credibly nuke South Korea and Japan, it's not clear what the point is in trying to restrict access now.
The best that can be achieved now is that they can't kill people in DC, which I'm not sure is worth so much to people in Tokyo that you can get them to sign on to your sanctions regime.
The regime actively engages in digital espionage and criminal hacking behavior. It's a source of revenue for the government.
Sure, but unless you claim their nuclear program is mostly funded directly by the hacking this is not a particularly targeted sanction. If you insist on targeting just their general economy it's probably better to go after coal or chemicals.
In any case, the OP was obviously talking about which technology should be denied for the purpose of it not being directly used to construct a bomb. To reply "we should deny them money" is quite beside the point.