South Korea Takes Action Against Japan Over Export List Move

South Korea warned Japan it would be responsible for repercussions from its unprecedented decision to remove Seoul from a list of trusted export destinations, as escalating tensions between the two U.S. allies threaten to damage security ties and global supply lines.

South Korea fired back by saying it would take Japan off of its easy-trade list. President Moon Jae-in said Japan’s move on Aug. 2 was clearly intended to block his country’s growth and made despite U.S. proposals to intervene. He spoke hours after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet struck its neighbor from a so-called “white list” of countries ...