Indonesia is urging that countries band together in the fight to contain the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus globally, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said on Friday.
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Without much help from the Fund, some emerging economies have developed a sensible practical response. Indonesia is a case in point.
Australia is doing a lot of thinking about what steps to take in the South Pacific. How high does the ‘Pacific step-up’ have to go? How many different steps? Step style? Step hierarchy?
Covid-19 reveals a need for Australian exports beyond China, security plans for epidemics, and supply-chain smarts.
Australia doesn’t get too many masterworks on foreign policy, but we’re in a fertile period, as tough times bring forth books to define the era.
Indonesia’s stock index extended losses before reversing to gains on Monday morning trade, after a market rout sent the gauge to its worst month in six years as coronavirus cases grow.
The Indo-Pacific is an idea with a crucial purpose: avoid war. It’s a lot to ask of a geographic construct that barely existed a decade ago. The journey from construct to competition has been short and sharp.
The Australian government has expressed interest in investing in Indonesia’s SWF. This was conveyed by Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg during a bilateral meeting with Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati.
The Indonesia Australia Business Council (IABC) is the peak body for two-way business that is based in Indonesia.
Economists state that economic relations between countries are a function of size & distance. Those with large economies gravitate toward each other, as do those in close proximity.
Australian policymakers need to include the island states of the western Indian Ocean in our Indo-Pacific strategy, even if only in a fuzzy way.
Much more than only trade and investment, the Indonesian President has grander ambitions for the two neighbours.
You’ll no longer need to apply for a visa and fly south to study at some top Australian universities thanks to the ratification of a new trade deal.
Nowhere in the world are there three neighbours more different than the extraordinary triangle of Australia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Prioritising connectivity and reframing their economic ties as regional rather than bilateral could help foster a closer business relationship.
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