REVIEW OF PRINCIPLES OF QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS ON DISPUTE SETTLEMENT“EU AND US LAWSUIT FOR THE INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT'S NICKEL EXPORT BAN POLICY BY THE WTO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY

The Government of Indonesia through Regulation the Minister Energy and Mineral Resources Number 11 2019 concerning second Amendment to 25 2018 Coal Mining Exploitation (Permen ESDM 11/2019) decided stop exporting nickel ore from 1 January 2020. This regulation is considered violate Quantitative Restriction Principle in Article XI General Agreement on Tariffs Trade (GATT) being demanded by European Union against Dispute Settlement Body World Organization (DSB WTO). article analyzes scope GATT conformity export ban with justification regulatory framework. uses a normative juridical approach, namely legal research conducted library materials secondary data. descriptive analytical nature that related instruments, provide thorough systematic understanding application Principle.This study shows results Interpretation XI: GATT, Indonesia's regulations can be said incompatible principle quantitative restriction ban. implementing has background maintain supply which been depleting. Due depletion supply, government downstream industrialize ore. line exception XI:2 (a) allows restrictions for country's essential products. Even so, based 2 (a), this must implemented temporarily.