Down Before the Fight
The government has eventually decided not to renegotiate some 200 industrial sector tariff posts with China. The entrepreneurs who originally were very much against the China-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement now in fact support it.
April 14, 2010
TUESDAY last week was a really intense day for Mari Elka Pangestu as the Minister of Trade had almost no free time at all. At 8am, Mari was visiting PT Krakatau Steel in Cilegon, Banten. After viewing the working of this steel factory, she held a short press conference and then directly returned to her office in Jalan Ridwan Rais, Central Jakarta.
After only a short break, Mari then hurriedly accompanied the Deputy Trade Minister, Mahendra Sireg
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