TOKYO/SEOUL -- South Korea urged Japan to withdraw restrictions on exports of semiconductor materials at the World Trade Organization on Tuesday even as the Japanese side flatly denied imposing a trade embargo.
Tokyo's move "will disrupt the global value chain" and harm South Korean companies, Seoul envoy Paik Ji-ah said Tuesday in Geneva, according to a trade official who attended the meeting. Paik put the trade dispute on the agenda of the meeting at the last minute.
