据detikcom在线新闻报道说,6月15日,印度尼西亚贸易部长Mari Elka Pangestu表示,印尼不会在美国禁止印尼的丁香烟之后抵制美国产品。
她说,印尼政府会以世界贸易组织所允许的程序来解决贸易问题。
Mari Elka Pangestu说:“我们解决问题的方式不是通过抵制,我们不会报复。我们对我们所有的行动都保持理性。”
据Mari说,印度尼西亚向世界贸易组织提交的投诉将贸易歧视方面作为基础。
她说,印度尼西亚政府对于禁止丁香烟、而对同样有香料的薄荷卷烟却没有适用同样的禁令提出了质疑。
她说:“这就是我们抗议的基础。”
以前,印度尼西亚曾经向世界贸易组织的争议争端解决机构提交过有关美国政府在《烟草控制法案》中发出的对丁香卷烟的歧视投诉。
美国的《烟草控制法案》说,美国政府禁止在美国出售丁香烟和带有芳香味道的卷烟,因为人们认为这些卷烟与非香料卷烟相比,危险更大。
该法案说,香料卷烟会使未成年儿童上瘾。Indonesia not to boycott U.S. products: minister
Xinhua
JAKARTA, June 25
Indonesia's Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu said on Tuesday that the country will not boycott the United States products following ban on Indonesia's clove cigarette, detikcom on-line news reported here.
She said that the government will settle trade issues in line with procedures allowed by the World Trade Organization (WTO).
"The way we settle (dispute) is not by boycotting. We do not retaliate. We have reasonable in all our actions," said Mari.
According to Mari, Indonesia's complaint to the WTO put forward trade discrimination aspect as the basis.
She said that Indonesian government has posed questions on the ban of clove cigarette while the same prohibition is not implied on menthol cigarette that has flavor.
"That is the basis of our protest," she said.
Previously, Indonesia had filed complaint to the WTO's Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) related to discrimination on clove cigarette issued by the U.S. Government in its Tobacco Control Act.
The act says that the U.S. Government prohibit sales of clove and aromatic cigarette in the country as they are considered more dangerous compared to non-aromatic one.
It says that aromatic cigarette will cause addiction to under age children. |