INDONESIA’S INTEREST IN WINNING “DS480: EUROPEAN UNION – ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES ON BIODIESEL FROM INDONESIA” AT THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (2013-2018)
Abstract
Indonesia as the leading biodiesel producers in the world
boosts its biodiesel production and export to the importing
countries. Indonesia as a developing country realizes the needs
of an institution dealing with international trade such as the
World Trade Organization as a fair-trade guarantor, is essential
to defend its interest. Indonesia exported its biodiesel on a high
scale with lower prices as a strategy to grasp additional profit to
the European market. Yet, the European Commission found out
that this was a dumping practice so that the European
Commission investigated and imposed anti-dumping measures
on biodiesel from Indonesia. As a result, Indonesia filed a
complaint against the European Union in anti-dumping
measures on biodiesel from Indonesia through Dispute
Settlement Body. This research aims at investigating
Indonesia’s motive in filing a complaint against the European
Union in “DS480: European Union – anti-dumping measures
on biodiesel from Indonesia”. The method used in this research
is the qualitative method by using secondary data such as books,
articles, journals, official documents, reports, and other literary
sources. It is found that declining economic balance in exportimport,
effect on biodiesel producers, and GDP influence
Indonesia's decision to file a complaint against the European
Union through the Dispute Settlement Body as a mean of
cooperation and conflict resolution by employing two principles
most-favored-nation and national treatment embodied in
nondiscrimination principle which prescribes the developing
country’s interests.