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Indonesia
Indonesia will not rush to sign a free trade agreement with the European Union just because others have done it, said Deputy Trade Minister Mahendra Siregar
The Association of Indonesian Palm Oil Producers has called on the government to speed up negotiations of a free trade agreement with India to protect Indonesia’s palm oil market following last week’s India-Malaysia free trade agreement.
A second seminar on Taiwan-Indonesia collaboration opened in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta Tuesday to further explore bilateral ties on a wide front ranging from free trade agreements (FTAs) to challenges facing the media and technology sectors.
The First meeting of the Trade Negotiation Committee between Iran and Indonesia was held in Medan, the capital of the North Sumatra Province of Indonesia.
Pascal Kerneis of Businesseurope says European companies can still invest in Indonesia even without an EU FTA, but warned that Jakarta should not limit foreign ownership to ensure that foreign investors could fully control their investment.
“We think we are not ready yet because the agreement is very hard for the local industry,” Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu said
Indonesia and Australia have agreed to begin negotiations to create a framework for a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) to further enhance trade and investment exchanges between both countries.
In a move that can change the dynamics of trade in East Asia and also throw a challenge to China's economic dominance in its own backyard, India is looking forward to negotiate comprehensive free trade agreements with Indonesia and Thailand.
Nine months into the full implementation of the free trade agreement between China and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), of which Indonesia is a member, data provided by Indonesia and China show both of them suffering a trade deficit against each other.
India will soon implement the free trade agreement (FTA) in goods with two more Asean countries -- Indonesia, Cambodia -- by slashing duties on hundreds of products including seafood, chemicals, apparel and tyres. In turn the two countries will also slash import duties on hundreds of Indian goods.
