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ARTICLE XI IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ANNEX IA THE AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING OF WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO AGREEMENT) ON THE EXPORT AND IMPORT OF INDONESIAN FOOD COMMODITIES IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 (a) Department of International Law, Law Faculty, Lampung University, Lampung, Indonesia Abstract With the outbreak of the Coronavirus Disease-19 (Covid-19) outbreak, all countries are taking all forms of action to prevent the spread, one of which is to prohibit exports and imports. Indonesia has also taken action and experienced the impact of this export and import ban. In food commodities, for example, Indonesia requires exporting countries to obtain an Import Approval Letter (SPI) by including the country of origin of the exporter, as stated in the Ministry of Trade Regulation Number 117 of 2015 concerning Provisions for Sugar Imports and Regulation of the Ministry of Trade Number 29 of 2019 concerning Export Provisions and Import of Animal and Animal Products. The World Trade Organization (WTO) as an international organization in charge of world trade has regulated the export and import prohibition in Article XI Annex IA WTO Agreement (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)) concerning Restrictions on Quantitative Trade. Then how are the arrangements regarding the quantitative trade restrictions allowed by the WTO? Can the existence of the Covid-19 pandemic be a solid basis for countries to ban exports and imports? This paper will discuss the interpretation of Article XI GATT, how it will be implemented in WTO cases, then compared, whether the requirements listed in the two regulations of the Ministry of Trade above are consistent with the normative interpretation in Article XI GATT. Keywords: Covid-19, Export and Import, GATT, Indonesia^s food commodity Topic: Trade and Business |
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