Now Korea's senior trade official ALSO raised the issue of Japan's trade curbs... at a ministerial meeting of the RCEP ( - ) economic conference in Beijing.
South Korea's trade minister Yoo Myung-hee... held one-on-one meetings with the gathered representatives on Friday... to explain the global ramifications of Japan's move.
Yoo will attend the general meeting on Saturday... and is expected to reiterate her message,... that Japan's decision undermines RCEP's free trade goals as well as the global supply chain.
RCEP is a mega trade bloc being negotiated by 16 countries,... including 10 ASEAN members and its 6 free trade agreement partners.
