Good luck getting the Chinese to help you with this:

A U.S. official in charge of coordinating sanctions on North Korea is expected to inform the Chinese government of Pyongyang’s illicit activities and Washington’s plan to implement the U.N. sanctions resolution, officials here said Wednesday.

The aim is to get Beijing to review the information and subsequently help enforce the U.N. sanctions, they said.

The U.S. interagency team led by Philip Goldberg, coordinator for the implementation of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1874, left Washington earlier in the day for related consultations in Beijing, according to the State Department.

The delegation, which includes officials from the National Security Council and Departments of Treasury and Defense, plans to meet with Chinese officials on Thursday and Friday, State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said at a press briefing. He did not provide specifics, however.

The trip to Beijing comes just days after the Obama administration appointed Goldberg, a former ambassador to Bolivia, to oversee domestic and international consultations on sanctions against Pyongyang. Analysts say the move reflects Washington’s resolve to see that the sanctions are effectively enforced.

They are also in agreement that China’s cooperation is critical, as it is a main food and energy provider for the impoverished North.  [Yonhap]

The Chinese may give this group lip service, but they have no plans on squeezing the North Koreans financially.  I said before that this inter-agency team established by the Obama administration would only be of use if it pursued the financial sanctions that the US Treasury Department had implemented back during the Bush administration.  It is looking more and more like that is exactly what may happen.  If that is the case this team may end up being quite effective.