Japan may take Korea fish ban to WTO
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Jiji Press] Oct 15, 2014
Japan plans to use foreign pressure to get South Korea to remove its import ban on Japanese seafood produced in eight prefectures, including Fukushima, officials said Tuesday.
The government will continue expressing its concern about South Korea’s import ban at meetings of the World Trade Organization by stating that the South Korean measure runs counter to international trade rules.
Tokyo will appeal to the international community so it can resume exports of seafood from the eight prefectures to South Korea, according to the officials.
In a meeting of the WTO committee on sanitary and phytosanitary measures starting in Geneva on Wednesday, Japan will voice its concern..
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