Para pejabat Korea Utara telah 'menunjukkan kesediaan mereka' untuk membalas setelah AS mengumumkan kemungkinan menyingkirkan larangan-larangan perdagangannya, serta mencabut Korea Utara dari daftar negara sponsor terorisme.
North Korean officials showed their readiness to reciprocate after the US raised the possibility of eliminating trade barriers and removing North Korea from its list of state sponsors of terrorism.