Seoul's trade minster raises Japan's export controls at RCEP meet

A widening rift between Japan and South Korea spilled over at a meeting of 16 mostly Asian countries negotiating the world's largest free-trade agreement on Saturday, according to Japan's representative.After the one-day meeting of trade ministers chaired by China in Beijing, the members of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership issued a joint statement stressing their aim to reach a deal by the end of this year.At the negotiations, South Korean trade minister Myung Hee Yoo twice raised the issue of Tokyo's removal of her country from a list of nations entitled to simplified export…READ FULL ARTICLE