The United States said Thursday that it was taking Indonesia back to the World Trade Organization (WTO) to loosen its rules on the import of agricultural products, saying that reforms have been insufficient. "Unfortunately, the revised system still appears to breach WTO rules and restrict U.S. agricultural exports," U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said in a statement as he announced the new WTO move. "Accordingly, we will continue to press Indonesia to bring its import licensing system into compliance with WTO rules so that U.S. farmers, ranchers, and businesses are able to have the access to Indonesia's market that we negotiated in the WTO," Froman said. The United States said it was concerned about restrictions on its exports of fruit, vegetables, flowers, beef, poultry, and other products to Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous nation.
