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WTO TALKS EXPECTED TO OPEN UP MARKETS FOR RI`S MANUFACTURES
Depok, Indonesia, Sept. 7 (ANTARA) - Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu said she hoped ongoing World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations would open up market access for Indonesia's manufactured products.
"Not only market for CPO (crude palm oil) which will be open with the tariff reduction, but also also manufactured products such as textiles and textile products, shoes, automotive, and processed food," Minister Pangestu said after visiting Cisalak's traditional market at Cimanggis here on Monday.
Indonesia's defensive position in the WTO talks was quite good, and it would be followed by an offensive position to ask for opening of market access for Indonesia's main export products, she said.
"The negotiations have been carried out for quite long time. And (our) position does not change much. We considered the defensive position quite good, and an offensive position needs to be boosted," the minister said.
The Indonesian government planned to include legal experts in the national team for international trade negotiations permanently for the success of the WTO negotions, Minister Pangestu said.
"It's not a matter of cost, but the right persons to work fully. The trade ministry plans to have such persons, and we are conducting a training for that," she said.
Trade ministers from around 35 countries attended an informal meeting of WTO talks in New Delhi, India, September 3-4, 2009, to discuss how to bridge differences which have stalled efforts to reach a global trade pact. The talks, known as the "Doha Round" collapsed last year, casting serious doubts over the possibility of hammering out a global trade deal under discussion since 2001.
The WTO informal meeting agreed to resume negotiations on September 14 in Geneva.
The global trade talks are stalled since July last year. Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said: "We have reached an agreement to intensify the negotiations. It has been a breakthrough in this meeting, if I can use this expression, the impasse has been broken."
The Geneva talks had collapsed after India and other developing countries opposed the agriculture subsidies offered by developed nations to their farmers. ***
"Not only market for CPO (crude palm oil) which will be open with the tariff reduction, but also also manufactured products such as textiles and textile products, shoes, automotive, and processed food," Minister Pangestu said after visiting Cisalak's traditional market at Cimanggis here on Monday.
Indonesia's defensive position in the WTO talks was quite good, and it would be followed by an offensive position to ask for opening of market access for Indonesia's main export products, she said.
"The negotiations have been carried out for quite long time. And (our) position does not change much. We considered the defensive position quite good, and an offensive position needs to be boosted," the minister said.
The Indonesian government planned to include legal experts in the national team for international trade negotiations permanently for the success of the WTO negotions, Minister Pangestu said.
"It's not a matter of cost, but the right persons to work fully. The trade ministry plans to have such persons, and we are conducting a training for that," she said.
Trade ministers from around 35 countries attended an informal meeting of WTO talks in New Delhi, India, September 3-4, 2009, to discuss how to bridge differences which have stalled efforts to reach a global trade pact. The talks, known as the "Doha Round" collapsed last year, casting serious doubts over the possibility of hammering out a global trade deal under discussion since 2001.
The WTO informal meeting agreed to resume negotiations on September 14 in Geneva.
The global trade talks are stalled since July last year. Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said: "We have reached an agreement to intensify the negotiations. It has been a breakthrough in this meeting, if I can use this expression, the impasse has been broken."
The Geneva talks had collapsed after India and other developing countries opposed the agriculture subsidies offered by developed nations to their farmers. ***
