Reports have claimed that Donald Trump is lining up a “large package” of sanctions against the isolationist kingdom.

Donald Trump is set to announce the sanctions today that has been labelled “the largest package yet” by a senior administration official.

Since levelling sanctions on Kim Jong-un last year, it appears that China has started to cut its trade to North Korea.

Donald Trump has previously emphasised that Xi Jinping needs to cut off the trade to the hermit kingdom as a way of crippling the nation and forcing it to give up its aggressive nuclear weapons program.Beijing’s trade with North Korea recently fell to its lowest level since at least June 2014