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Timely evolution of Indonesian-Chilean trade relations
11-Sep-2019 The Jakarta Post
SHARES Indonesia and Chile have entered a new chapter of bilateral relations with the Indonesia-Chile Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IC-CEPA), which entered into force on Aug. 10.
The Ratification of Indonesia-Australia trade agreement is targeted for completion by the end of this year
10-Sep-2019 Kata Data
the text and documents related the Indonesia-Australia CEPA cooperation (IA-CEPA) had been submitted by the President to the Speaker of the Parliament (DPR) since 9 August 2019.
Indonesia eyes October to conclude CEPA negotiations with South Korea
10-Sep-2019 Antara News
Indonesia is targeting substantial conclusion to negotiations on the draft of the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with South Korea in October 2019, Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita stated.
Seed patent protection in FTA castrated the farmers’ rights
28-Aug-2019 Indonesia for Global Justice
The government of Indonesian is aggressively increasing the negotiation of international trade agreements governing seed patents for corporations.
Indonesian civil society groups protest RCEP trade deal
28-Aug-2019 AFTINET
Indonesian civil society groups protested against the RCEP trade agreement last Friday, arguing that the agreement promotes corporate rights over people’s rights
Setting sights on ‘free trade’ Africa
21-Aug-2019 The Jakarta Post
Indonesia has caught the African fever, but with AfCFTA, it can do a lot more and faster in tapping the growing economic and business opportunities on offer
EU vs. Indonesia: Is it really a trade war?
17-Aug-2019 DW
The European Union has slapped countervailing tariffs on imports of subsidized biodiesel from Indonesia. The southeast Asian country has threatened to retaliate but experts say counter tariffs could be self-destructive.
VP targets free trade talks to conclude by 2019-end
8-Aug-2019 Antara News
Vice President Jusuf Kalla has set a target to finalize talks on the free trade agreement between Indonesia and countries or regions, with potential market, by the end of the year.
Report of the 8th round of negotiations for a FTA between the EU and Indonesia
29-Jul-2019 The Directorate General for Trade of the European Commission
The eighth round showed continued progress, with further text consolidation in most chapters under negotiation.
IE-CEPA ratification expected to be completed in 2020: Deputy Minister
17-Jul-2019 Jakarta Post
After a seven-year negotiation, Indonesia and the four EFTA countries — Switzerland, Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein — signed the IE-CEPA last December.
Indonesian delegation to arrive soon for FTA talks
15-Jul-2019 The Express Tribune
Indonesian Ambassador to Pakistan stressed the need for enhancing bilateral relations with Pakistan, particularly in the fields of trade, culture, education and people-to-people contacts.
Hopeful of addressing India’s concerns in RCEP: Indonesian Trade Minister
15-Jul-2019 The Economic Times
The ASEAN troika led by Indonesia had a “fruitful” and “very frank” dialogue with India on the RCEP and efforts are on to address Delhi’s concerns ahead of a meeting on the proposed trade agreement in China.
New Indonesian-Japanese deal to be signed in late 2019
10-Jul-2019 The Jakarta Post
The Indonesian and Japanese governments are now working to complete the countries’ new economic partnership agreement, which is expected to be signed late this year.
Indonesia eyes trade partnership with Latin America through Argentina
28-Jun-2019 The Jakarta Post
The Indonesian government is seeking better market access to the Latin American region through the establishment of a working group with Argentina, a member state of South American economic bloc Mercosur.
ASEAN to send envoys to break RCEP deadlocks
24-Jun-2019 Jakarta Post
ASEAN economic ministers have agreed to have representatives from Indonesia and Thailand, as well as ASEAN Secretary-General Lim Jock Hoi, engage with Indian officials over deadlocks in the negotiations of the bloc’s most strategic trade agreement.
Free trade talks with Indonesia next month
23-Jun-2019 Dawn
Pakistan and Indonesia are set to hold talks over the conversion of Preferential Trade Agree­ment (PTA) to Free Trade Agreement (FTA) next month, as the respective ministries have started their homework in this regard.
Labor holds off supporting Indonesian free trade agreement
10-Jun-2019 The Guardian
ALP had pledged to renegotiate agreement if it won office but will now wait until parliament resume to decide whether to ratify it
Switzerland expedites Indonesia-EFTA CEPA ratification
27-May-2019 Antara News
The Swiss Federal Council issued an official document related to the CEPA between Indonesia and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) member states and proposed it to the Swiss Parliament for endorsement.
Old agreements must be terminated to bring life to investment
20-May-2019 East Asia Forum
Indonesia and Australia should agree to terminate the BIT upon entry into force of the IA-CEPA regardless of whether it ultimately includes an ISDS mechanism.
Is Indonesia’s IPR Framework incompatible with RCEP?
12-May-2019 The Diplomat
On intellectual property rights, there’s a serious gap between domestic Indonesian law and the structures of the proposed RCEP