Indonesia president says likely to lose WTO nickel dispute against EU

Indonesia will likely lose in its trade dispute against the European Union (EU) over the Southeast Asian country's 2020 ban on exports of nickel ore, President Joko Widodo said on Wednesday.

But regardless of the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) decision in the dispute, Indonesia will move ahead with plans to impose similar bans on exports of other raw commodities, the president told an economists' forum in Jakarta.