THE LACK OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN UNDER PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS (PTAs) A CASE STUDY OF INDONESIA

International trade has resulted positive impacts, such as alleviating poverty and increasing jobs, encouraging all countries to start concluding trade agreements. The existence of preferential trade agreements is increasingly significant due to the deadlock of multilateral trade agreements. Although providing benefits, international trade has adversely affected environment. Some international treaties suggest how countries should include environmental concern in their PTAs. Unlike traditional PTAs, most of modern PTAs have incorporated environmental concern, reconciling the goal of trade liberalization and environmental protection. In Indonesia, however, does not follow this trend. This article aims to show the existing Indonesia’s PTAs, analysing how Indonesia has put, and how it should put environmental concern in its PTAs. This article argues the lack of environmental concern in Indonesia’s existing PTAs. Moreover, when they include environmental concern, there is no further elaboration on how this concern should be incorporated. Compare to other existing PTAs, Indonesia should start incorporating environmental concern in its PTAs, and then implement the right of regulate to impose protective measure in order to protect environment.