烟草在线据安塔拉新闻社报道编译　　印度尼西亚一名官员表示，该国将就丁香烟禁令向美国要求赔偿，或采取报复性措施。

　　“美国拒绝服从世界贸易组织的裁决，因此我们将要求赔偿，或采取报复性措施，”印尼商务部副部长Bayu Krisnamurthi于7月29日表示。

　　Bayu提到了印尼和美国之间关于美国丁香烟禁令的争端。

　　世贸组织决定支持印尼反对美国在其国内实施的丁香烟禁令。

　　Bayu表示，美国实施丁香烟禁令，不是因为印尼向其出口的卷烟超过限定规模，而仅仅只是贸易歧视。

　　“这无关于出口规模的大小，而只是单纯的贸易歧视。美国禁止销售丁香烟，却并没有禁止薄荷卷烟的销售，”他说。

　　报复性措施是世贸组织成员国之间解决贸易争端的最后一招。

　　美国政府表示，它已经发起了反对薄荷卷烟的运动，并计划逐步实现世贸组织争端解决小组的建议。

　　但Bayu强调，对薄荷卷烟，美国政府仅仅发起了反对活动，对丁香烟却直接颁布了禁令。

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