Legal Analysis on Indonesia Food Import Policy Review through TPRM WTO to Prevent an International Trade Dispute

This article analyses how Indonesia as World Trade Organization Member State, may utilize and apply Trade Policy Review Mechanism’s Review Outcome to prevent dispute settlement in the Dispute Settlement Body. This article consists of two legal issues, the first issues discuss how Indonesia may utilize the TPRM Review Outcome to prevent dispute in DSB Appellate Body. Meanwhile, the second issues discuss how Indonesia may apply the TPRM Review Outcome to prevent such dispute settlement. By applying Indonesia v. Brazil Dispute concerning Indonesia Measures on Brazil Chicken Meat and Chicken Product Case as this article’s minor premise, writers may explain how TPRM Review Outcome may provide an individual well to Indonesia as the WTO Member States and may represent WTO’s Common Will to achieve free trade. Furthermore, writers also explain how Indonesia may apply the TPRM Review Outcome which is by conducting bilateral cooperation with Brazil. This cooperation shall Indonesia conducted by involving Indonesia National Consumer Protection Agency as one of its technical negotiation teams and Indonesia Halal Product Assurance Agency as one of its operational negotiation teams. Furthermore, this cooperation shall also entail measures that abolish Indonesia’s quantitative restriction measure or safeguard policy application. Keywords World Trade Organization, Trade Policy Review Mechanism, Dispute Settlement Body, Import Measure, Bilateral Cooperatio