Kajiyama, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, “Korea Should Return to Dialogue Table” WTO Suspicion June 30, 13:12
At the press conference after the Cabinet meeting on the 30th, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry announced that the Japanese government filed a lawsuit against the WTO = World Trade Organization over measures to tighten export control of semiconductor raw materials for South Korea. The government stressed the idea that the case should be stopped and returned to the dialogue table.
The Japanese government has filed a lawsuit against the WTO in July last year against the measures to tighten the export control of three items such as semiconductor raw materials for South Korea. We discussed whether to approve the installation.
Japan did not agree with this, and the installation was postponed on this day, but the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Kajiyama said, "At the WTO meeting, the Japanese government opposed the request from the South Korean side to install. I strongly urge the Korean government to stop the WTO lawsuit and return to the dialogue table." Emphasized.
Regarding trade control, Japan and South Korea resumed a policy dialogue at the director general level in December last year.On this, Minister Kajiyama said, ``While there was no policy dialogue for three and a half years until last year, information exchange at each level. I have had several policy dialogues and policy dialogues, and I think it has improved."