After Trump criticism, China denies selling oil illicitly to North Korea

By Philip Wen and David Brunnstrom BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China on Friday denied reports it had been illicitly selling oil products to North Korea in violation of U.N. sanctions, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he was unhappy that China had allowed oil to reach the isolated nation. China on Thursday had blocked a U.S. effort at the United Nations to blacklist six foreign-flagged ships Washington believes had engaged in illicit trade with North Korea, a U.N. Security Council diplomat said.