Beginning of the Japan-Korea Bureau-level policy dialogue on trade management March 10 12:01 by videoconference

The director-level policy dialogue between the two governments on trade management began on the morning of October 10. The first dialogue in about three months is due to the new coronavirus and is being held in a video conference linking Tokyo and Seoul.

The Japan-Korea director-level policy dialogue on trade control began on a videoconferencing system around 10 am. The venue in Tokyo is the Korean embassy in Minato Ward, with Mr. Yoichi Iida, Trade Minister of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry entering the conference room, and a monitor from Trade Policy Officer Lee Ho-hyun of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Resources in Seoul. I faced over.

At the beginning, while the press was filming, they did not exchange words. The policy dialogue was scheduled to be held in Seoul, but has been changed to a videoconference following the government's strengthening of border measures with the spread of the new coronavirus.

In the policy dialogue, which has been held for the first time in three months since it was held in Tokyo in December last year, opinions were exchanged on Japan's measures to tighten export controls to South Korea and the status of legislation on trade control in South Korea. It is expected to be.