日韓、来月１０日に政策対話　輸出管理の厳格化以降、２回目

　経済産業省は２１日、輸出管理に関する局長級政策対話を３月１０日にソウルで開くことで韓国政府と合意したと発表した。軍事転用可能な物資の管理について、韓国側の改善状況を確認。日本が昨年７月に発動した厳格化措置の解除に向けて前進できるかが焦点となる。
　政策対話は昨年１２月の前回会合以来で、厳格化措置の発動以降では２回目。日本の飯田陽一貿易管理部長と韓国の産業通商資源省の李浩鉉貿易政策官が出席する。日韓両政府はかつて輸出管理に関する政策対話を定期的に開いてきたが、徴用工問題に伴う関係悪化を背景に２０１６年夏に一時中断。米国の仲介などを受けて昨年１２月、３年半ぶりに再開していた。（2020/02/21-19:40）

Japan and South Korea have agreed to hold a bureau chief-level policy dialogue on export controls in Seoul on March 10, Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Friday.
   The focal point will be whether the two sides can make progress toward Japan's lifting of its tighter export controls on South Korea. Japan wants to check whether and to what extent the South Korean side has improved its export management for items that can be converted for military use.
   The planned policy dialogue will be the first of its kind since December last year and the second since Japan implemented the tougher export controls last summer.
   It will be attended by Yoichi Iida, director-general of the Japanese ministry's Trade Control Department, and Lee Ho-hyeon, director-general for international trade policy at the South Korean trade ministry.
   Japan-S. Korea policy dialogue over export controls had been held on a regular basis before it was suspended in summer 2016 reflecting soured bilateral ties. The December 2019 meeting took place thanks to mediation by the United States.