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Finding common ground in Indonesia-EU palm oil spat

Indonesia is currently at loggerheads with the European Union over the palm oil trade, which looks as though they might be headed toward a trade war. It’s high time that the two sides find a common ground, as they did in the forestry sector.&nb ...

Investors wait for more conducive business climate

The industrial property market in Indonesia mainly focuses on selling land, rather than offering industrial building, and also leans more toward selling than to leasing.This is particularly because our industrial property market still holds a substan ...

Broadening recovery, but financial risks lurk

Many things in 2017 could have gone wrong in the world economy but did not; we are sure investors are pleasantly surprised by that. We began the year fearful of sustained slowdown in China, rising trade protectionism, political developments that coul ...

Indonesia should benefit from US and European growth

The United States economy has entered the third-longest phase of economic growth in its history. The global economy has gone through a process of recovery after the 2008-2010 crises. About 70 percent of the world’s developed economies had faste ...

Main challenges: contracting signals from the noise

Entering office in 2014, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo faced his first political challenge at the House of Representatives. Then he faced economic challenges as global oil prices fell, causing strong fiscal pressure. The government ...

Applauding 2017, achieving in 2018

It is certainly not easy to predict how the Indonesian economy will fare in 2018, especially because the global economy is not yet showing any signs of stability. Several institutions have forecast that the Indonesian economy will maintain its growth ...

Finding common ground in Indonesia-EU palm oil spat

Investors wait for more conducive business climate

Broadening recovery, but financial risks lurk

Indonesia should benefit from US and European growth

Main challenges: contracting signals from the noise

Applauding 2017, achieving in 2018

Jakarta faces growing resistance in resource-rich Papua

Indonesia’s palm oil-based biofuel faces another hurdle in EU

Megawati, from wannabe queen to most powerful kingmaker

Massive Java blackout turning into political fiasco

PT Pos struggles with cash flow and employee benefits

Chinese fishermen keep entering Natuna waters

Blame game begins as victims struggle

Jokowi identifies causes of floods, urges cooperation

Capital welcomes new decade drenched

Antigraft activists to sue Jokowi for new draft regulation