No one wins a trade war in the end. Not even politicians. A spat between South Korea and Japan, triggered by a row over compensation for wartime forced labour, will be no exception. In the latest escalation, both countries have removed one another from trade whitelists and South Korea’s national pension fund has threatened to disinvest from Japanese companies. Given the unique trade dynamics linking the pair, the battle makes even less sense than the tussle between the US and China.
沒有人能夠取得貿易戰的最后勝利。即使政客也不例外。由戰時強征勞工賠償問題引發的韓日爭議也將是如此。在兩國最新的爭議升級過程中，兩國已將對方從貿易“白名單”中除名，韓國國民年金公團(NPS)也威脅要退出對日本企業的投資。鑒于日韓之間獨特的貿易格局，這場貿易糾紛甚至比美中之間的角力更加沒有意義。
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