korea is no longer one of the biggest markets for japanese alcohol according to the news agency kyodo koreans spend a paltry $7000000.00 u.s. dollars on beer last month far less than usual. and it's not just sales in the amber brew that are suffering the trade war has hit various industries from japanese carmakers to korean electronics suppliers but now both sides seem willing to settle their differences. the 2 countries agreed to hold export control policy talks in tokyo in the 3rd week of december. to challenge it all. the trade rich started last year over compensation for wartime labor south korean courts order japanese firms to pay compensation to koreans wartime laborers japan condemned the rulings arguing that the dispute had been settled in 1965 when diplomatic ties were normalized between the 2 countries it then went on to tighten controls on south korean exports targeting materials used in memory chips and display screens that are vital for companies like samsung. the 2 countries then removed each other from their list of preferred trading partners making export and goods more diffic