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Australia: Trade pact with Indonesia in cold storage
20-Sep-2006 Fibre2fashion.com
Though plans were announced for a feasibility study on a bilateral deal between the two countries, a Free Trade Agreement between Indonesia and Australia is still a distant dream.
Trade pact a low priority: Jakarta
19-Sep-2006
A free trade agreement between Indonesia and Australia is unlikely in the short term, according to a top Indonesian official.
Nippon Keidanren - Recommendation: "Expectations for the Early Conclusion of the Japan-Indonesia Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)"
17-Sep-2006 Nippon Keidanren
Japan and Indonesia held intergovernmental negotiations four times from July 2005 to April 2006 regarding the conclusion of a bilateral economic partnership agreement (EPA). The EPA negotiations timetable for Japan recently released by the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy states that Japan will aim to reach an agreement with Indonesia in principle on major points of the negotiations by sometime this summer.
Indonesia to exempt duty on Japanese auto parts
28-Aug-2006
Indonesia plans to exempt duty on several automotive parts imported from Japan to support local industries as both countries are moving closer to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), an official said Thursday.
Zimbabwe: Government move on Bippas rekindles hope
13-Aug-2006
Government has finished Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreements (Bippas) negotiations with France, Italy and Indonesia, a move analysts say gives a glimmer of hope to other countries whose nationals lost their agro-ventures during the land reform programme.
Trade and travel top Indonesia’s priorities
10-Aug-2006
A free trade agreement between Australia and Indonesia is back on the table, after business leaders from both countries lobbied for an initiative to stimulate trade and investment between them.
Indonesia deal study likely
10-Aug-2006
Australia and Indonesia are thinking about studying a free-trade deal between the two nations.
RI-Japan trade deal waiting on new law
28-Jul-2006
Trade Minister Mari Elka Pengestu says the government cannot sign a much-awaited Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Japan by the year’s end unless the House of Representatives speeds up the passage of the new investment bill.
Indonesia speeds up partnership with Japan
6-Jul-2006
Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called for the speeding up of ongoing negotiations on the proposed Indonesia-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) so that it can be signed this year, a spokesman said.
NGOs take aim at free-trade accords
11-Jun-2006 swissinfo
Developing countries risk losing out under agreements struck with Switzerland and its European Free Trade Association (Efta) partners, say campaigners.
Fiji seeks bilateral deals with Asian countries
29-May-2006 Radio New Zealand
Fiji is set to negotiate new bilateral economic partnership agreements with India, Malaysia and Indonesia.
RI envisions free trade among D-8 member countries
12-May-2006 Jakarta Post
After breaking the ice by launching the preferential trade agreement among Developing Eight (D-8) countries, Indonesian Trade Minister Mari E. Pangestu envisions that the agreement would lead to a free trade arrangement for member countries in less than 15 years.
Energy concerns fueling Japan’s drive to pursue free trade pact
8-May-2006 Jakarta Post
Energy resource-poor Japan is turning to a free-trade agreement, or FTA, with oil and gas-rich trading partners to secure stable supplies to fuel the world’s second largest economy.
Japan proposes text on resources cooperation with Indonesia for FTA
24-Apr-2006 Kyodo
Japan and Indonesia wrapped up their fourth round of negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement in Tokyo on Friday, with Japan proposing for the first time a draft clause in the FTA which calls for bilateral cooperation on mineral resources.
Indonesia, Japan resume free trade negotiations
18-Apr-2006 Jakarta Post
Indonesia and Japan began their fourth round of official negotiations for a bilateral trade and economic cooperation agreement Monday, and hope to reach a basic accord by the end of the year at the latest.
US, Indonesia eye future free trade agreement
5-Apr-2006 Reuters
The United States and Indonesia launched talks on Tuesday to curb illegal logging that threatens the Southeast Asian country’s rain forests and advanced other initiatives that could lead to a free trade pact, top trade officials from both countries said.
RI seeks closer trade ties with US
25-Mar-2006 Jakarta Post
After four years of stagnant trade relations, the government plans to start intensifying talks with the United States and support a joint-study group on a possible free trade agreement (FTA) with the country, a minister says.
How to beat US trade barriers
22-Mar-2006 Asia Times
The transshipment issue — the illicit movement of shoes, shrimp and garments that have been repackaged, re-labeled and re-exported after being shipped to Indonesia — has cast a shadow over recently warmed US-Indonesian bilateral relations and threaten to damage the Southeast Asian country’s chances of a full free-trade agreement (FTA) with the US.
RI to open labor market for Japan
11-Mar-2006 Jakarta Post
The Indonesian government will open up the domestic labor market in certain sectors to Japanese workers as part of the liberalization of the service sector envisaged under a planned bilateral economic partnership agreement (EPA)
Govt urged to speed up EPA with Japan
7-Mar-2006
With other Southeast Asian countries already finalizing free trade agreements with Japan, the Indonesian government now needed to accelerate the wrapping up of its planned economic partnership agreement with that country, a business forum has urged.