煙草在線據安塔拉新聞社報道編譯　　印度尼西亞一名官員表示，該國將就丁香煙禁令向美國要求賠償，或采取報復性措施。

　　“美國拒絕服從世界貿易組織的裁決，因此我們將要求賠償，或采取報復性措施，”印尼商務部副部長Bayu Krisnamurthi于7月29日表示。

　　Bayu提到了印尼和美國之間關于美國丁香煙禁令的爭端。

　　世貿組織決定支持印尼反對美國在其國內實施的丁香煙禁令。

　　Bayu表示，美國實施丁香煙禁令，不是因為印尼向其出口的卷煙超過限定規模，而僅僅只是貿易歧視。

　　“這無關于出口規模的大小，而只是單純的貿易歧視。美國禁止銷售丁香煙，卻并沒有禁止薄荷卷煙的銷售，”他說。

　　報復性措施是世貿組織成員國之間解決貿易爭端的最后一招。

　　美國政府表示，它已經發起了反對薄荷卷煙的運動，并計劃逐步實現世貿組織爭端解決小組的建議。

　　但Bayu強調，對薄荷卷煙，美國政府僅僅發起了反對活動，對丁香煙卻直接頒布了禁令。

Indonesia Considering Retaliatory Measure against US Clove Cigarette Ban

　　Indonesia will demand compensation or take retaliatory measure against US ban on clove cigarettes, an official said.

　　"Our step will be to demand compensation or take retaliatory measure against the United States for its refusal to bow to a decision of the World Trade Organization," Deputy Trade Minister Bayu Krisnamurthi said here on Monday.

　　Bayu referred to a dispute between Indonesia and the United States over US ban on clove flavored cigarettes.

　　The WTO has decided in favor of Indonesia against US ban on clove flavored cigarettes in that country.

　　Bayu said the US decision to ban clove cigarettes was not over the size of Indonesia`s exports of the cigarettes to that country, but it is more of a discrimination.

　　"It is not about big and small in exports but it is a discrimination. They ban the clove content in cigarettes but they do not not ban menthol cigarettes," he said.

　　Retaliatory measure is the last resort in resolving dispute in trade between WTO member countries.

　　The US government said it has taken steps in line with the recommendation of the WTO Dispute Panel by launching campaigns against menthol cigarettes.

　　The US government launched the campaigns against menthol cigarettes but did not ban consumption of the cigarettes as it bans clove cigarettes, Bayu said. Enditem