Friday, October 12, 2012

China-Japan Tensions Concern South Korea

SEOUL—South Korea's economy won't benefit from a prolonged breakdown in relations between Japan and China because it would damage increasingly interlinked trade in the region, Seoul's trade minister said.
A simmering diplomatic feud between Beijing and Tokyo heated up on Wednesday when top Chinese financial officials canceled plans to attend meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Japan. The dispute, over contested islands, has also hurt sales of Japanese cars in China.
South Korea's auto makers have in turn benefited from a jump in sales in China, but Trade Minister Bark Tae-ho said Seoul was not "sitting there and feeling happy."

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