Research Article
The Dispute between Indonesia and the European Union Concerning the Export Ban on Nickel Ore under the International Trade Law
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.14-4-2021.2312876, author={Reygina Yenny Mitrania and Manotar Tampubolon and Edward M. L. Panjaitan}, title={The Dispute between Indonesia and the European Union Concerning the Export Ban on Nickel Ore under the International Trade Law}, proceedings={Proceedings from the 1st International Conference on Law and Human Rights, ICLHR 2021, 14-15 April 2021, Jakarta, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICLHR}, year={2021}, month={10}, keywords={wto international trade law the prohibition of quantitative restrictions}, doi={10.4108/eai.14-4-2021.2312876} }- Reygina Yenny Mitrania
Manotar Tampubolon
Edward M. L. Panjaitan
Year: 2021
The Dispute between Indonesia and the European Union Concerning the Export Ban on Nickel Ore under the International Trade Law
ICLHR
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.14-4-2021.2312876
Abstract
The continual advances in technologies, inevitably increases the demand for Nickel worldwide, thus prompted the Indonesian government to take action in order to maintain the country’s nickel resources and increase the added value of Nickel by issuing several regulations that limits nickel exports. This policy is detrimental for the EU whose nickel production relied on Indonesian mines selling raw minerals. EU then filed a lawsuit against Indonesia in the WTO. The purpose of this paper is to find out whether Indonesia’s new regulations on nickel ore exports ban can be justified under the international trade law and its principles. The research methodology used is normative legal research. This study concludes that Indonesia doesn’t violate the State Economic Sovereignty theory and the prohibition of quantitative restrictions principle given the current state of Indonesia does classify under the several exceptions of said principle.