The Lesson of Implementing Non-Discrimination Principle on Indonesia-US Clove Cigarettes Case
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THE LESSON OF IMPLEMENTING NON-
DISCRIMINATION PRINCIPLE ON
INDONESIA-US CLOVE CIGARETTES CASE
Eva Johan1
Abstract
The Indonesian government recently won for keeping its rights on Clove Cigarette Case in WTO.
It became a winning diplomacy on Indonesia trade. Indonesia has an objection on United States
cigarette policy, which prohibit product of clove cigarette (mostly imported by Indonesia) in United
States, because such policy violate one of the most important principle on WTO, Non-Discrimination
Principle, which are Most Favoured Nations (MFN) and National Treatment. Indonesia won this case
in both, Panel and Appellate Body. This winning is not only important for Indonesia but for all country,
mainly for Developing and Less Developing Country member of WTO. This paper will examine the
significance and contents of Non Discrimination Principle from the perspective of Indonesia-United
States Tobacco Case.
Pemerintah Indonesia baru-baru ini memenangkan perkara dalam kasus Clove Cigarrette Case
yang dibawa ke hadapan Badan Penyelesaian Sengketa World Trade Organisation (WTO Dispute
Settlement Body). Hal mi menunjukkan posisi diplomasi Indonesia yang kuat di dalam bidang
perdagangan. Indonesia mempertanyakan kebijakan Pemerintah Amerika Serikat terkait impor
cengkeh di mana Indonesia menjadi pengimpor utamanya. Kebijakan yang dibuat oleh Pemerintah
Amerika Serikat diduga melanggar salah satu prinsip non-diskriminasi WTO, yaitu Most Favourite
Nation (MFN) dan National Treatment. Indonesia menang dalam tahap pemeriksaan di Panel Body
dan Appellate Body. Kemenangan mi bukan saja penting bagi Indnesia melainkan juga bagi semua
negara, khususnya negara berkembang dan negara kurang berkembang yang menjadi anggota WTO.
Tulisan mi akan membahas signifikansi dan isi dart prinsip non-diskriminasi dart perspectif kasus
tembakau antara Indonesia dan Amerika Serikat.
Keywords: international trade, WTO, GATT
I. INTRODUCTION
Open market access will increase international trade, and in return
it becomes a wider economy activity which is able to develop economy
of each member. GATT as an international organisation has some sides,
depends on which point a view. Some GATT sides are described as a
connecting system with some components. One of the GATT compo-
'Lecturer at Faculty of Law, Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa University, Banten.
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