BEIJING, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) According to Japanese media reports, on the 19th, Japan and South Korea will hold the second bilateral consultation in Switzerland on strengthening Japan’s export management to South Korea.
South Korea filed a lawsuit against the WTO in September this year in view of Japan’s strengthening the export management of three commodities, including semiconductor raw materials. According to the relevant provisions of the WTO, as the first step of trade litigation, the parties to the dispute need to hold bilateral consultations. To this end, Japan and South Korea held their first bilateral consultation in October, but failed to reach an agreement.
The representatives of the second consultation between the two sides were Junichiro Kuroda, Minister of Trade Organization of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, and Ding Haiguan, Cooperation Officer of New Trade Order of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Resources of Korea.
At present, the two sides still hold different views on Japan’s export management to South Korea. The Japanese side pointed out that the purpose of this move is to better manage goods that may be used for military purposes, while the South Korean side retorted that the Japanese side violated WTO principles and demanded that it be revoked.
Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) reported that, in view of this, it seems difficult for the two sides to reach a consensus in the second consultation. If this consultation fails, the relevant agencies of the WTO will start hearing this lawsuit.
Since July, the dispute between Japan and South Korea caused by the "labor compensation case" has intensified after several confrontations, such as the mutual deletion of the "white list" of trade between the two sides, the abolition of the military agreement between the two countries by the ROK, and the prosecution of Japan by the ROK in the WTO. The relationship between the two countries has fallen into a freezing point.
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