South Korea and Japan have clashed at the World Trade Organization six times to settle disputes over the years.<br />Out of the six cases,... three are ongoing, but in the ones settled so far, the WTO has ruled in Seoul's favor.<br />Kan Hyeong-woo reports.<br />Of the six disputes between South Korea and Japan brought so far to the World Trade Organization, three of them have been concluded... in favor of South Korea.<br />Seoul filed a complaint with the WTO in 2004... calling for Japan to remove its quota on imports of Korean seaweed.<br />South Korea withdrew its complaint two years later when Japan decided to raise the quota.<br />In 2006, Tokyo imposed tariffs of 27 percent on DRAM made by SK Hynix,... causing another WTO dispute.<br />The WTO eventually ruled in favor of South Korea in April 2009 and Japan had to lift the tariffs.<br />The most recent dispute settled was about South Korea's ban on imports from Japan's Fukushima region because of radiation in the water.<br />Tokyo claimed Seoul's decision went against the international trade agreement,... but the WTO sided with South Korea in April.<br /><br />Then there are three cases in progress... all filed by Tokyo.<br />Japan filed a complaint in June 2016,... claiming that South Korea's anti-dumping duties imposed on Japanese air pressure control valves violated WTO regulations.<br />And in June last year, Tokyo filed another complaint,... accusing Seoul of putting illegal anti-dumping duties on Japanese stainless steel bars.<br />The WTO's Dispute Settlement Body formed a subcommittee in January to deal with that case.<br />Lastly, Japan has claimed that the South Korean government's restructuring measures injecting public funds into the struggling shipbuilding industry violated the WTO's agreement on subsidies.<br />Kan Hyeong-woo, Arirang News<br />
