North Korea: US Treasury expected to announce new sanctions President Donald Trump declared North Korea a state sponsor of terrorism and promised a rapid ramp-up of US Treasury sanctions against the isolated pariah state, after adding its name to a terror blacklist previously led by Iran and Syria. Officials would not say what new sanctions might be announced, but an outside expert said he expected secondary measures against Chinese banks and an Asian diplomat predicted action against individual North Korean traders working in China. STOCKSHOTS OF THE US TREASURY BUILDING