ISDS Case Map
Indonesia
Industry Minister Fahmi Idris said on Tuesday that his ministry's stance remained firm that the FTA -- which will open up various sectors in both markets by gradual reduction of import duty tariffs -- would bring more harm than benefits to Indonesia, given China's superiority over Indonesia with regard to competitiveness.
Indonesian manufacturers have asked the government to delay a free-trade pact between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, as it may hurt local firms, a senior industry official said on Wednesday.
The implementation of its Free Trade Agreement with China has turned Indonesia's trade surplus with the former into a deficit of US$3.61 billion, a chamber of commerce and industry official said.
A free trade agreement between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and China (ASEAN-China FTA) will likely ignite a trade war between Indonesia and China, says the Indonesian Textile Association
One of the first ever group of Indonesian nursing trainees -- dispatched to Japan last year based on the Japan-Indonesia Economic Partnership Agreement -- has dropped out, it has been learned.
It’s been a long time coming. But last week in Yogyakarta, Indonesia and the European Union finally initialled an ambitious cooperation pact aimed at revitalising a so-far uninspiring and lacklustre relationship.
Bowing to pressure from textile producers, Indonesia's Industry Ministry has agreed to reassess the costs and benefits of the China-ASEAN free trade agreement, and may even propose a postponement.
Indonesian and New Zealand Free Trade Agreement talks under the auspices of the ASEAN bloc have been progressing well despite the economic crisis and both countries expect the bilateral arrangement can be concluded within months, say foreign ministers.
Under a bilateral economic partnership agreement signed by Japan and Indonesia in August 2007, Japan is supposed to accept 1,000 Indonesian nurses and care workers over a two-year period. However, due to a lack of preparation, only about 200 Indonesian nurses and caregivers arrived in Japan in the first year.
The EU-ASEAN FTA Campaign initiated in 2007 a research project that would examine the nature and scope of EU-ASEAN Relations. The first phase of that project was the conduct of country-level studies. We have so far been able to complete studies in Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand and we expect reports from Vietnam and Malaysia very soon.
