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China promises Indonesia $2b in loans for infrastructure projects as part of ACFTA
5-Apr-2010 Jakarta Globe
China will provide Indonesida with $1.8 billion in export credits to finance the import of Chinese goods for infrastructure projects such as toll roads, bridges and coal-fired power plants.
Will ASEAN-China FTA boost Indonesia’s agricultural export?
5-Apr-2010 Jakarta Post
Tariff elimination under the ACFTA will not automatically boost Indonesia’s agricultural export but is an entry point to increase market share in China
No free trade agreement with Indonesia for now
12-Mar-2010 LiveMint
A proposed bilateral trade agreement between India and Indonesia has been put in cold storage as the Southeast Asian nation expressed its inability to resolve domestic opposition to such a pact. A joint study group set up by the two countries had strongly favoured a comprehensive bilateral trade agreement.
Indonesians discontent with free trade agreements
14-Feb-2010 UPI Asia
It is believed that the Indonesian government is not fully aware of the consequences or obligations it accepted when it ratified the ASEAN-China FTA. For example, there was barely any published feasibility study of commitments undertaken within the ACFTA or public hearings before the agreement was ratified.
Free trade and the role of financial globalization
1-Feb-2010 Jakarta Post
The debate on the ASEAN-China FTA has somehow ignored the importance of financial globalization.
Indonesians protest government’s first 100 days
29-Jan-2010 AFP
"We reject the ASEAN-China FTA. We’ll lose our jobs, we can’t compete with cheap Chinese products," rally coordinator Agus Supriyanto said.
ACFTA worsens unemployment: INDEF
29-Jan-2010 Jakarta Post
Around 1 million Indonesians might lose their job because of ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement
Jakarta bracing for Thursday’s massive rallies
27-Jan-2010 Antara
According to rally organisers, the people are not satisfied with the present government, particularly with regard to issues such as the implementation of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Indonesia and China which they said would harm the interest of the people.
Free trade threatens national resilience
23-Jan-2010
Implementation of the Asean-China Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA) will pose a serious threat to the national economic foundation and resilience.
Thousands rally against free trade treaty in Surabaya, Semarang
22-Jan-2010 Jakarta Post
Thousands of Indonesian workers took to the streets in Surabaya, East Java, and Semarang, Central Java, on Thursday to protest the implementation of the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement
Mari Rebuffs Free Trade Agreement Criticism
19-Jan-2010
Indonesian Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu on Monday dismissed criticism that she had been slow to respond to concerns about the Asean-China Free Trade Agreement, insisting the ministry has been engaged in “informal communications” about the deal with Asean.
Traditional market is not yet ready for free-trade era
15-Jan-2010 Berita Jakarta
"ASEAN-China free trade is an inhuman and immoral trade," says Hasan Basri, head of the Jakarta chapter of Indonesia’s traditional market traders association
Indonesia to prepare FTA deal with Egypt
13-Jan-2010 VIVA News
The governments of Indonesia and Egypt agreed to start talks on possible free trade agreement in no time, according to Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu
Indonesia back-tracks on China trade pact
13-Jan-2010 AFP
Indonesia has asked to re-write a new regional trade pact with China, citing fears of job losses due to a flood of cheap Chinese imports across various sectors, officials said Wednesday.
Human rights and the ASEAN-China FTA
12-Jan-2010 Jakarta Post
Entering year 2010 is marked by the entry into a free trade area agreement between ASEAN and China, also known as the ASEAN-China FTA. Little attention was given to the possible impact of this FTA agreement to fulfill human rights in Indonesia.
China trade deal to cost Indonesia ’millions of jobs’
11-Jan-2010 Jakarta Globe
In the latest and most authoritative warning about a new region-wide free-trade agreement with China, an executive with the state social security provider PT Jamsostek predicts that as many to two million Indonesians will be laid off because their firms can’t outperform their Chinese rivals.
Thousands rally to demand delay of ASEAN-China FTA
7-Jan-2010 Jakarta Post
Thousands of workers from across West Java staged a rally in Bandung on Wednesday, demanding the implementation of the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement be postponed in Indonesia.
Indonesia may seek tariff delays in ASEAN-China pact
5-Jan-2010 Reuters
Indonesia’s coordinating minister for the economy, Hatta Rajasa, said on Monday that a letter had been sent to ASEAN seeking "further discussion" of its obligation to reduce tariffs.
Jakarta opts not to confront China on trade
16-Dec-2009 FT
The Indonesian government will not attempt to renegotiate a free trade agreement between Southeast Asian nations and China that will go into effect on January 1, but will request a delay in eliminating import tariffs on more than 300 Chinese products, officials said on Tuesday.
RI-China FTA rules unlikely to be delayed: China says
15-Dec-2009 Jakarta Post
While local industries are seeking a delay in the full implementation of the free trade agreement (FRA) with China, to start in January, China says this stands little chance of succeeding.