USTR Confronts Indonesia on Agricultural Import Restrictions
The U.S. delegation in Geneva asked the World Trade Organization on March 18 to set up a dispute settlement panel over “wide-ranging” Indonesian restrictions on agricultural imports, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said. USTR called the Indonesian import…
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license regime “trade-restrictive,” and said Indonesia continues to increase restrictions on the license regulations since first putting them in place in 2012. Indonesia also unfairly restricts imports of certain products and sales of agricultural products within the country, said USTR. The affected products cross the spectrum of meat, fruits and vegetables, the agency said. USTR Michael Froman and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, along with several lawmakers, applauded the U.S. request as another example of the Obama administration’s strong record on WTO disputes during a March 18 press conference.