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Indonesia, Palestine sign MoU on exchange of zero tariffs

Indonesia and Palestine have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to exchange zero tariffs for particular goods to improve their bilateral trade, Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita announced Wednesday. “On the sidelines of the WTO ministerial conference in Argentina recently, we signed the MoU with Palestine as instructed by our President to implement the OIC [Organization of Islamic […]

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Indonesia: Regulations Hamper Middle East Investment

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The Indonesian special envoy for the Middle East and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Alwi Shihab, said that regulations are hampering Middle East investment despite the fact that President Joko Widodo had visited countries across the regions to attract investors. In bilateral talks, Alwi said, Jokowi was accompanied by his economic team to convince […]

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Indonesia – Sri Mulyani: Urbanization Resulted at Positive Economy

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani recently said that urbanization has a positive effect towards the country’s economic growth. She said that urbanization has driven household consumption, investments, up to government spending. “It further impacted the economic growth,” she said during a seminar entitled ‘Managing Urbanization for Sustainable Cities’ today, Dec. 19. She argued that urbanization is also […]

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Indonesia: Economic Improvement Expected to Continue in 2018

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Economic improvement in Indonesia is predicted to continue in 2018, Financial Service Authority (OJK) head of Region I Jakarta-Banten Bambang Widjanarko stated. The economic improvement is supported by the growth of investments, especially through infrastructure development, he said on a seminar entitled “The Role of OJK in Indonesia Economy “, in Tangerang, Banten, on Saturday (17/12).”Foreign investors also indicate a high level of trust in […]

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Indonesia – IDX: Foreign Investment Ownership Keeps Rising

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) revealed that stock ownership of foreign investors throughout this year keeps increasing to Rp 1.878 trillion compared to the end of 2016 with Rp 1.691 trillion. “Statistically, foreign investors are recorded to reach gross sales throughout this year as much as Rp 40.37 trillion. However, at the same time, the ownership value increases. It means, only profit that is released,” BEI chairman Tito Sulistio explained in Denpasar on Saturday […]

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