FREE TRADE – GOVERNMENT POLICY – INDONESIA

Jokowi deal to absorb shocks: PM

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Original article by Simon Benson
The Australian – Page: 1 & 5 : 10-Feb-20

Indonesian President Joko Widodo will address a joint sitting of federal parliament on 10 February, as part of his official visit to Australia. Joko and Prime Minister Scott Morrison will use the visit to announce a 100-day action plan to implement a free-trade agreement, which was recently ratified by the Indonesian parliament. Morrison says the coronavirus outbreak demonstrates the need for Australia to reduce its reliance on China for trade, adding that Indonesia will play a key role in Australia’s push into the Indo-Pacific region.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET

Australia set to seal FTA with Indonesia

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Original article by Tom McIlroy
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 5 : 4-Mar-19

Trade Minister Simon Birmingham expects Australia’s exports to Indonesia to increase on the back of the free trade agreement between the two countries. The trade deal is due to be signed on 4 March, although it may be some months before it is ratified by parliament. Education, mining and tourism are among the Australian industries that are expected to benefit from the agreement, along with the citrus industry. Birmingham says Indonesian exports to Australia should also increase as a result of the trade deal.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY

Indon FTA on track despite Israel uproar

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Original article by Andrew Tillett, Jacob Greber
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 4 : 18-Oct-18

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has downplayed concerns that a proposed free-trade agreement with Indonesia may be jeopardised by any change in Australia’s policy on Israel. According to media reports, Foreign Minister Marise Payne has been warned by her Indonesian counterpart that the nations’ bilateral relations would be damaged if Australia relocated its Israeli embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Farmers are concerned that Australia’s live cattle exports to Muslim countries could be affected.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE, INDONESIA. MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, NATIONAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, NATIONAL FARMERS’ FEDERATION LIMITED, UNITED STATES. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

Miners warn Labor over Indonesia FTA

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Original article by John Kehoe, Ronald Mizen
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 6 : 17-Oct-18

Australian mining companies argue that a proposed free-trade agreement with Indonesia must include an investor-state dispute settlement clause, given the Indonesian government’s recent policy of requiring resources projects to have majority ownership. The mining sector accounts for about one-third of Australia’s foreign direct investment in Indonesia. However, Labor opposes the federal government’s plans to include an ISDS clause in the FTA, a stance that is backed by unions.

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NEWCREST MINING LIMITED – ASX NCM, RIO TINTO LIMITED – ASX RIO, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED – ASX ANZ, BLUESCOPE STEEL LIMITED – ASX BSL, COCA-COLA AMATIL LIMITED – ASX CCL, COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA – ASX CBA, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, AUSTRALIA-INDONESIA BUSINESS COUNCIL LIMITED, FREEPORT-McMORAN COPPER AND GOLD INCORPORATED, CHURCHILL MINING PLC, PLANET MINING, AUSTRALIA. EXPORT FINANCE AND INSURANCE CORPORATION, INDONESIA-AUSTRALIA BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP GROUP, LAW COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA, PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED, WHITE INDUSTRIES AUSTRALIA LIMITED

PM to seal trade deal with Jakarta

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Original article by Angus Grigg, Lisa Murray, Tom McIlroy
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 4 : 29-Aug-18

Former trade negotiator Alan Oxley says Australia’s proposed free-trade agreement with Indonesia has more political than economic significance. Prime Minister Scott Morrison is expected to finalise a trade deal with Indonesia on 31 August, during his first overseas trip in his new role. President Joko Widodo indicated earlier in 2018 that a trade deal between the two nations was only being held up by "technical issues". Negotiations for a trade deal began in 2010 and were revived in 2016.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE, AUSTRALIA-INDONESIA BUSINESS COUNCIL LIMITED, RMIT UNIVERSITY, CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY, SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, CURTIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

Breakthrough on Indonesia trade deal talks

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Original article by Greg Earl
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 6 : 18-Nov-15

Australia’s Trade Minister Andrew Robb has indicated that negotiations over a bilateral trade agreement with Indonesia will resume in early 2016. Robb aims to finalise a trade deal with Indonesia within 12 months, which is the time-frame used in negotiating free trade agreements with other nations. Australia and Indonesia formally commenced negotiations for a Closer Economic Partnership Agreement in September 2012, but the process stalled in 2013.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE, INDONESIA. DEPT OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE, ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP