We Almost Stumbled
Muhammad Lutfi immediately stepped on the gas right after he was sworn in as trade minister on December 23, 2020. The former envoy to the United States must focus on three main duties mandated to him by President Joko Widodo: to maintain price stability; to help MSMEs penetrate the export market; and, to expand the export market to non-traditional territories by making use of the international economic cooperation agreements Indonesia has signed. According to him, China and the United States are extremely important to Indonesia.
Mahardika Satria Hadi
February 22, 2021
MUHAMMAD Lutfi had been in his post as ambassador to the United States for only three months when he was called back home last December. President Joko Widodo had chosen him as the minister of trade, the same post he held back in 2014, in the first reshuffle of the Indonesia Forward Cabinet. “I’m replacing someone this time and the challenges are far more complex,” Lufti, 51, said during a special interview with Tempo via video
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