China urged the United State to resume negotiations with North Korea and dial back military deployments to the region, minutes after backing a new round of sanctions on the pariah state.

A new United Nations Security Council resolution, drafted by the United States in consultation with China, could cut North Korean exports by $1 billion, about one-third of the country’s annual exports. But China, which has long provided economic lifelines to the regime despite earlier U.N. sanctions, suggested that the resolution imposes obligations on the United States as well.

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