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Japan-South Korea disputes will reshape supply chains

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JAPAN/SOUTH KOREA

The two countries have imposed mutual export controls this year amid a dispute over reparations for damage inflicted by Japan during the Second World War. Their confrontation…

Seoul and Tokyo thaw promises multiple benefits

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SOUTH KOREA/JAPAN

The removal of politically motivated restrictions by both sides has set the stage for the expansion of bilateral trade and investment and for cooperation in a number of areas.

Japan’s semiconductor industry hits a turning point

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JAPAN

The government wants to expand and deepen ‘semiconductor cooperation’ with the United States in a context of geopolitical and technological rivalry with China. Japan is also…

Seoul stalls on US pressure to decouple from China

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SOUTH KOREA

South Korea is also furious at Hyundai’s exclusion from new electric vehicle (EV) tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) -- even though its chairman met US President…

Crises and 'pivot' will boost US intelligence agencies

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UNITED STATES

The US intelligence community in a year after purported reforms.

Chipmaking countries squeezed by US-China rivalry

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US/CHINA

Japan and the Netherlands are ready in the coming weeks to adopt some of the measures Washington imposed in October.

China factor will boost Japan-Taiwan economic ties

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JAPAN/TAIWAN

Taiwan is Japan's third-largest trade partner for both exports and imports, and its largest supplier of semiconductors by far. The bilateral relationship is becoming one of the…

US plan will test South-east Asia on digital trade

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SOUTH-EAST ASIA

In a last-minute move, seven South-east Asian countries -- Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Brunei -- were added to the initiative, joining…

IPEF failure will hurt US firms on digital trade

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UNITED STATES

Although it does not have the force of law, the IPEF Supply Chain Agreement, along with the associated IPEF Critical Minerals Dialogue, is expected to strengthen chains of…

China-Japan economic complementarity will deepen

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CHINA/JAPAN

Competition between Japanese and Chinese companies in the global market is increasing, but their bilateral trade reveals that the division of labour and economic interdependence…