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    Trump dangles peace deal with North Korea, but experts fear he'll give up too much

    by Noah Bierman and David S. Cloud, Los Angeles Times Feb 16, 2019 5 minutes

    WASHINGTON - Negotiators for President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are discussing a possible deal for their upcoming summit that would include a declaration ending the Korean War in return for verifiable steps to halt Pyongyang's nuclear program, according to current and former U.S. officials.

    But those and other contentious issues remain unresolved two weeks before Trump and Kim are scheduled to meet Feb. 27-28 in Hanoi, Vietnam, the officials said.

    Among the crucial sticking points: whether the United States would ease international sanctions before or after North Korea takes confirmed steps to curb its development and production of nuclear weapons.

    The two leaders committed to denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula when they first met last June 12 in Singapore, but they did not set up any step-by-step disarmament schedule for how to achieve

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