WASHINGTON — The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Office (USTR) has initiated World Trade Organization dispute proceedings against Indonesia by targeting Indonesia’s licensing restrictions on imports of certain animal products and horticulture. In requesting WTO consultations with Indonesia, the U.S. charged that Indonesia has created a “complex web” of import licensing requirements that appear designed to protect Indonesia’s domestic agriculture industry.
“Indonesia’s opaque and complex import licensing system affects a wide range of American agricultural exports,” U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said in announcing the WTO action on Jan. 10. “It has become a. . .
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