This article was first published by Pacific Forum and is republished with kind permission. Read the original here. During the 43rd ASEAN Summit in Jakarta on September 5-7, 2023, Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Vice President Kamala Harris discussed the potential for a US-Indonesia Critical Minerals Specific Free Trade Agreement (CMS-FTA). This FTA would allow the US to receive […]

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JAKARTA – On the surface, Indonesia’s decision to divide the Co2-heavy East Natuna gas field into three separate blocks is an effort to revive it as an economic proposition employing new carbon capture technology. Beneath the surface, the move may also be aimed at resisting China’s efforts to enforce its illegal nine-dash line of territorial […]

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JAKARTA – A riot at a Central Sulawesi nickel processing complex, in which two people were killed and buildings and equipment destroyed, has raised questions over the management practices of Chinese companies and what procedures they follow to deal with labor disputes and other Indonesia-specific issues. Seventy Indonesian workers have been arrested following the January […]

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