Japan-South Korea trade row puts hi-tech material exports at risk
South Korea threatens retaliatory moves as Japan restricts exports of hi-tech components to its companies.
South Korea is threatening to hit back against Japan‘s new trade restrictions on the export of raw materials used to make smartphones and other hi-tech gear.
It’s now feared that a dispute which began over compensating Korean labourers forced to work in imperial Japan could evolve into a trade fight.
Al Jazeera’s Rob McBride reports from Seoul.
Published On 4 Jul 2019