Asia Daily Briefing - Trading blows August 2, 2019

	South Korea to retaliate  over Japan's 'white list'  removal TOKYO/SEOUL -- Prime   Minister Shinzo Abe's government  on Friday formalized Japan's  decision to remove South Korea  from its "white list" of countries  with preferential trade status,  with Seoul responding by saying  it will take Japan off its white list  as a countermeasure.
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