Indonesia, Ukraine lead safeguard notifications to the WTO

The Committee on Safeguards, on 2 May 2011, considered 23 notifications of safeguard action led by Indonesia with seven and Ukraine with five.

Indonesia said the increase in its safeguard notifications was the result of recent awareness in the domestic industry of the availability of trade remedies like safeguards to counter the negative effects of trade liberalization. It said that its notifications should be seen as a reflection of its wish to be as transparent as possible, and assured other members that its safeguard investigations would be conducted in line with WTO rules.