U.S. Action on N. Korea May Come Soon
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WASHINGTON — The White House said yesterday it will move quickly to lift some trade sanctions and remove North Korea from an American terrorism blacklist if the communist regime in Pyongyang hands over a long-delayed accounting of its nuclear weapons activities.
North Korea has suggested it will release its declaration this week, fulfilling a key step in the denuclearization process.
That would trigger an announcement by the Bush administration that it intends to lift two politically symbolic groups of sanctions against Pyongyang. Mr. Bush has the power to immediately exempt North Korea from sanctions under the Trading With the Enemy Act, a World War I-era law that currently limits only trade with Cuba and North Korea. The White House would also notify Congress that it intends to remove North Korea from the American list of nations that sponsor terrorism.
