Indonesia

America is one of Indonesia’s biggest trading partners, and America’s trade policies will have impact on Indonesia’s economy and employment. Will the G20 agreements improve situations? How will President Obama’s trade policies affect developing countries, especially Indonesia? How can Indonesian companies and Indonesian policy-makers prepare for the challenges? What can be done to stem the rising tide of protectionism?

Date: Wed, 21 January 2009, from 7.00pm
Venue: Freedom Institute, Jalan Irian No. 8, Menteng, Jakarta

Speakers: Faisal Basri (Universitas Indonesia), M. Chatib Basri (Universitas Indonesia), Alec van Gelder (International Policy Network, London)

If protectionism continues, the impact on the economy would be dire, since decline in trade volume would hamper economic recovery. What are the impacts on the producers and consumers and on individual liberties in the future? What is the tendency in Indonesia? How should the government respond to this?

Health ministers from most of the world gathered on 24-26 October 2008 in Egypt to plan against bird flu, with the UN saying the threat of a deadly global pandemic is as high as ever and a future vaccine as important as ever. Science is usually the biggest hurdle in vaccine development but this time it's politics, with samples being held hostage by Indonesia.

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