Indonesia's nickel ore export ban was one of the complaints filed in WTO. Read more at straitstimes.com.
but both sides would still engage in talks on a free trade deal, an Indonesian minister said on Thursday.
“We’re discussing trade facilitation... But in parallel, they’re building walls. This is not fair,” said Mr Airlangga, who raised the issue in Brussels last week together with Malaysia’s deputy prime minister. A European Commission spokesman said the EU was aware of the deforestation law concerns and assured the rules would not be discriminatory or used as disguised trade restrictions.
It is also the world’s biggest palm oil exporter and a major global supplier of coffee, cocoa, rubber and timber products. About €6 billion of its annual exports will be affected by the deforestation law, Mr Airlangga said.
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