Protests over national car

Protests over national car

JAKARTA: About 50 Indonesians protested last week in front of
the Japanese Embassy in Jakarta over the country's national car
policy.

They called on the Japanese Government not to interfere in
Indonesia's national car policy.

A statement by the protesters said: "The national car policy
is our internal affair and the Indonesian Government has given
opportunities to the Japanese Government to sell and market its
products since 1960."

Last month, the World Trade Organization (WTO) set up a
dispute-settlement to study complaints over Indonesia's national
car policy.

Japan, the European Union and the United States lodged
complaints last October with the WTO over the car policy,
claiming it discriminates against their carmakers.