At the inaugural Future Investment and Trade Partnership Ministerial Meeting (FMM) in Singapore on November 18, 2025, Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, emphasized the country’s commitment to enhancing economic cooperation, trade, and regional integration. He highlighted the importance of a rules-based multilateral trading system and sustainable investment, describing the FMM as a platform to build resilience, foster innovation, and align global supply chains. As a major agricultural economy, Indonesia is keenly aware of its vulnerabilities in food, energy, and industrial supply chains, and sees the forum as a means to coordinate risk mapping, regulatory strengthening, and inclusion of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) into global value chains.
Airlangga also underscored the critical role of digital transformation in trade, advocating for paperless trade through standardized electronic documents, stronger cybersecurity, and interoperable digital systems between countries. These steps, he argued, would reduce costs, increase transparency, and expand market access for MSMEs. Looking ahead, Indonesia projects its digital economy to reach US$ 360 billion by 2030 and believes trade digitalization can support a green transition and its net-zero ambitions. Through FMM, Indonesia reaffirms its readiness to collaborate with partner countries to build a more resilient, inclusive, and future-oriented global trade architecture.
