white list

noun

a list of countries considered to pose an insignificant threat to human rights, from which applications for political asylum are presumed to be unfounded
computing
1. a list of websites considered to have inoffensive and acceptable content
2. a list of e-mail addresses from which a computer will accept mail

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That will essentially end a four-year trade dispute that began in July 2019 when Japan removed South Korea from its “white list” of countries given fast-track approvals in trade as ties deteriorated over compensation for Japanese wartime actions.

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Reinstating South Korea’s preferential status will end a four-year trade dispute that began in July 2019 when Japan removed South Korea from its “white list” of countries given fast-track approvals in trade as ties deteriorated over compensation for Japanese wartime actions.

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A reinstatement of South Korea’s preferential status next month would end a four-year trade dispute that began in July 2019 when Japan removed South Korea from its “white list” of countries given fast-track approvals in trade as ties deteriorated over compensation for Japanese wartime actions.

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In recent weeks Tokyo has lifted export controls imposed on South Korea after the dispute over forced labor erupted in 2018 and started the process of putting the country back on its “white list” of preferential trade partners.

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Friday’s decision comes days after South Korea formally restored Japan to its trade “white list.”

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