Pompeo to ask Japan and South Korea to put dispute on hold

US secretary of state to hold three-way meeting with Asian counterparts on Friday

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Japan could decide as early as Friday to drop South Korea from a "white list" of countries that enjoy minimum trade restrictions. © Reuters

RYO NAKAMURA, Nikkei staff writer

WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Mike Pompeo later this week will encourage the U.S.'s two major Asian allies "to find a path forward" from a diplomatic row that is threatening the global semiconductor supply chain, he said on a flight to Bangkok.

Pompeo, Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha will likely hold a trilateral meeting on Friday in the Thai capital on the sidelines of the ASEAN Regional Forum on security.

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