Clinton calls for coordination

Hillary Clinton had a tour to Jakarta, Seoul, and Beijing, but she also went to Tokyo. He had a task to coordinate act to anticipate economic crisis. She asked Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso to meet Barack Obama at the White House next week after Hillary Clinton asked him.

According to me, this event could help our countries' crisis. That's because our country (Indonesia)
has a connection with Japan and the U.S. It would also help Indonesia.

Questions:
1. Is your opinion the same with my opinion? Why or why not?
2.What are another advantages of this event to Indonesia?

Mohhammed, Arshad. "Clinton calls for coordination" The Jakarta Post 1 March 2009, vol. 26 no. 288. Page 3

ASEAN, India to ink FTA soon, boost trade by 30%

Indonesia, Singapore, the Philipines, Myanmar, Laos, Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam, and Brunei are the members of ASEAN.

Now they are making the free trade agreement with India, the agreement is calls FTA. The trade is making so much benefits for all of countries who join the agreement.

From before Indonesia and India already connected by trades. Indonesia exports palm oil, coal, copper ore, akcohols, phenols, rubber, fruit and nuts to India. And India exports hydrocarbons, animal feed, flat rolled steel products, alloy steel, sugar molasses, cotton, aluminium and telecomunication equipments to India. If the free trade sign by Indonesia and India, people in Indonesia easier to exports their goods to India and India to Indonesia.

According to my opinion, this free trade agreement is really good. This agreement can increase the benefits for a lot of people. But it also can make a disadvantage, it is for developmant country , because development country cannot protect local prodect, because it influence by the product from industrial ountries. Over all, this FTA has advantages and disadvantages for a lot of countries.

From EP

Alfian. "ASEAN, India to ink FTA soon, boost trade by 30%" The Jakarta Post(Business) 27 Jnauary 2009, vol. 26 no. 266.