Indonesian President’s Harsh Language on Imports
Business community tries to figure out where his head is, trade minister backs away
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has shocked local multinational interests with a flamethrowing speech in Jakarta telling the country’s 270 million people to “love local products” and “hate foreign products” in a national speech to the Indonesian Trade Ministry that is being interpreted as encouraging a xenophobic campaign against imports.
In the March 4…
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