An anticipated glut of DRAM memory chips this year had pushed prices to new lows, slashing profits at Samsung Electronics in the company’s worst drop in four years. Samsung Electronics , Japanese suppliers and shipments of devices such as smartphones and computers could be disrupted by a trade war between Japan and South Korea . Last year , a Korean court ordered Mitsubishi , Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metals to pay compensation for their use of Korean slaves during the 1930s and 1940s . Following the ruling , the Japanese government imposed a trade embargo on South Korean technology goods , citing national security concerns . Recent negotiations between the nations ended without success , leaving export bans in place and the supply chain at greater risk of disruption .
Samsung Electronics , Japanese suppliers and shipments of devices such as smartphones and computers could be disrupted by a trade war between Japan and South Korea . Last year , a Korean court ordered Mitsubishi , Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metals to pay compensation for their use of Korean slaves during the 1930s and 1940s . Following the ruling , the Japanese government imposed a trade embargo on South Korean technology goods , citing national security concerns . Recent negotiations between the nations ended without success , leaving export bans in place and the supply chain at greater risk of disruption .