Jakarta reconsidering TPP plans, eyes bilateral pacts
Vice-president meets US ambassador to discuss ways to increase trade
Jakarta
INDONESIA is interested in pursuing a bilateral economic partnership with the United States after the world's biggest economy abandoned the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) accord, an Indonesian official said on Wednesday.
South-east Asia's biggest economy is also reconsidering its intention to join the TPP, Dewi Fortuna Anwar, deputy secretary of the office of the vice-president, told Reuters. "Our emphasis going forward is more on a bilateral economic cooperation between the Republic of Indonesia and the US," Ms Anwar said. "It would be a comprehensi…
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