WTO backs EU in dispute with Indonesia over nickel ore ban

FILE PHOTO: A logo is pictured outside the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva, Switzerland, September 28, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
GENEVA : The World Trade Organization recommended on Wednesday that Indonesia change measures including a ban on nickel ore exports in a dispute with the European Union.
The EU launched its initial complaint in November 2019 against the export restrictions on raw materials, notably a ban on exports of nickel ore as well as a domestic processing requirement for nickel and other inputs that are used to make stainless steel.