In exchange, they said, North Korea would be removed from the United States' list of state sponsors of terrorism and would have sanctions removed under theTradingwiththeEnemyAct.
It is hard to believe that the United States has been obliged by its incompetent diplomats to make concessions desperately sought by the North namely, ending the application to North Korea of theTradingwiththeEnemyAct and removing it from the State Department list of terrorist-sponsoring nations for so little in return.