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U.S. lawmakers are considering drafting new legislation that would mandate a ban on Chinese financial institutions with ties to blacklisted entities in North Korea ahead of the country's expected test of an intercontinental ballistic missile. The bill, if introduced, may represent the last step of a long-running, international effort to force North Korea to abandon its nuclear posture through economic pressure before "preemptive action" is taken, members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations said in a hearing Tuesday. More must be done to choke off funds that have continued to flow into North Korea's nuclear and missile programs-particularly...