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Comment: EU might deploy new enforcement weapon to punish Indonesia for non-compliance with WTO ruling

By Joanna Sopinska
  • 30 Aug 2023 11:26
  • 30 Aug 2023 11:26
With the EU striving to boost the domestic manufacturing of clean technologies — and badly needing nickel ore to produce batteries for electric vehicles — the bloc might soon make use of one of its strongest trade weapons to punish Indonesia for banning access to such resources.
The European Commission, which oversees

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Joanna Sopinska

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Joanna covers trade in Brussels. Formerly trade editor of EU Trade Insights, she has many years' experience reporting on trade, investment policy and foreign affairs. Before that, she spent nine years at Europolitics news agency writing on trade, agriculture policy and foreign affairs. Before moving to Brussels in 2006, Joanna worked as an analyst at the Polish Institute of International Relations (PISM) in Warsaw.

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