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Luhut: Handling COVID is a consideration for investors entering Indonesia
Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said handling COVID-19 was one of the considerations for investors to continue investing in Indonesia. According to Luhut, the challenges faced by Indonesia in handling the COVID-19 pandemic are indeed quite heavy, starting from the availability of medicines, oxygen, hospitals…
Minister of Industry: RI has nine companies supporting the battery industry
Minister of Industry (Menperin) Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita said that Indonesia has nine companies that support the battery industry that will also support electric vehicles. The nine companies are five companies providing raw materials for batteries consisting of pure nickel, pure cobalt, ferrous nickel, mixed hydroxide deposits, and others; and four…
In Boost to Recovery, EU Approves Investment Plans of Italy, France, Spain
EU finance ministers adopted the investment plans of 12 member states on Tuesday, including those of Italy, Spain and France, paving the way for the first disbursements of EU funds to boost the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The European Commission estimates the 800 billion euro ($948 billion) recovery…
Jokowi: RI's Digital Economy will be the Largest in Southeast Asia
President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said the potential of Indonesia's digital economy is enormous. In fact, according to him, the value of Indonesia's digital economy could become the largest in Southeast Asia by 2030. Jokowi revealed that throughout last year, the value of Indonesia's digital trade transactions reached Rp. 253 trillion.…
