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South Korea will remove Japan from the "white list"! Japanese media said the government "will not ov

Original title: South Korea removed Japan from the 'white list', and Japanese media said the Japanese government 'intends not to overreact'

The South Korean government announced that it would remove Japan from the "white list" of preferential treatment set up in security export management, and the Japanese government "may not overreact".

According to Japan's Kyodo News Agency reported on the 13th, Japan's deputy foreign minister Masako Sato said on twitter that if South Korea's move is a counter measure to strengthen export controls against Japan, it would violate the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreement. He also said that 'we will carefully confirm the reasons'.

Earlier, the ROK said that it would respond to Japan's request for consultation before the implementation of the measures. In moon Jae in his speech, he also stressed that he could not be emotional in dealing with economic retaliation. South Korea will celebrate the 'recovery day' to commemorate the liberation from Japanese colonial rule on the 15th.

Japan believes that South Korea's trade management method is not sufficient objectively, so it decided to take measures to remove South Korea from the preferential treatment list. WTO has stipulated rules aimed at preventing protectionist actions, but exceptions are allowed in some areas such as security. For the South Korean response measures, the Japanese side understood that "there is no legitimate reason, the arbitrary nature is strong".

The Ministry of economy, industry and trade, which is responsible for Japan's actual business, said that sufficient systems have been deployed, including more than 100 personnel invested in security related trade management.

On the other hand, facing the denuclearization of North Korea and other issues, the United States is worried that the intensification of confrontation between Japan and South Korea may affect security cooperation. The group of seven (G7) summit will be held in France later this month, and the Japan US summit is likely to be held at that time. Kyodo news agency said that the confrontation between Japan and South Korea may also become a topic.