FTA IMPACT
Some Worried, Some Prepared
Several industries are worried about facing the ASEAN-China free trade agreement. Several others are not frightened.
December 22, 2009
INDUSTRIAL groups are waiting for the implementation of the ASEAN-China free trade agreement with hope and worry. It is common knowledge that prior to the free trade agreement being implemented, Chinese products have already flooded Indonesia. Even, during the last two years, Indonesia has always recorded a deficit in trade with China. These are just the official records. It is suspected that the penetration of smuggled goods has been truly aweso
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