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105042
Sat, 02/06/2010 - 23:21
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AC-FTA SEEN AS SERIOUS THREAT TO PEOPLE`S INDUSTRIES
Jakarta, Feb 6 (ANTARA) - The ASEAN-China Free Trade Area (AC-FTA) poses a serious threat to numerous people's industries in Indonesia, a students movement spokesman said here on Saturday.
"It is a serious problem that needs special management. We should not focus our attention only on acts to save a small bank like Bank Century from a difficult situation, while ignoring the security of the people's industries at home," Indonesian National Students Movement (GMNI) Center Presidium chairman Cokro Wibowo said.
He made the statement to respond to the pros and cons on the implementation of AC-FTA since January 1, 2010 while the domestic people's industries were still unprepared to face the free trade area.
"The ASEAN China-Free Trade Area including Indonesia is feared to cause a systematic de-industrialization in the country," Cokro Wibowo said.
He said he was afraid that besides causing people's industries in the villages to go bankrupt, the AC-FTA would in the long run also cause massive layoffs and kill business opportunities for the people at large.
"We know that before the implementation of AC-FTA, inexpensive products from China already inundated markets down to village level in Indonesia . Is this not a serious threat?", he asked.
Therefore, Cokro Wibowo on behalf of GMNI asked the government, especially the Trade Ministry and related House of Representatives' Commissions to take positive measures to enforce national economic sovereignty.
Meanwhile, Fayakhun Andriadi, a member of the Golkar faction in the House Commission-I said on a separate occasion that mismanagement in the free trade area cooperation could have a negative impact on economic growth and economic justice for the people in Indonesia.
"The AC-FTA for me is like a time bomb, because it can become a serious problem in the future," said the young politician from the Golkar party. ***
"It is a serious problem that needs special management. We should not focus our attention only on acts to save a small bank like Bank Century from a difficult situation, while ignoring the security of the people's industries at home," Indonesian National Students Movement (GMNI) Center Presidium chairman Cokro Wibowo said.
He made the statement to respond to the pros and cons on the implementation of AC-FTA since January 1, 2010 while the domestic people's industries were still unprepared to face the free trade area.
"The ASEAN China-Free Trade Area including Indonesia is feared to cause a systematic de-industrialization in the country," Cokro Wibowo said.
He said he was afraid that besides causing people's industries in the villages to go bankrupt, the AC-FTA would in the long run also cause massive layoffs and kill business opportunities for the people at large.
"We know that before the implementation of AC-FTA, inexpensive products from China already inundated markets down to village level in Indonesia . Is this not a serious threat?", he asked.
Therefore, Cokro Wibowo on behalf of GMNI asked the government, especially the Trade Ministry and related House of Representatives' Commissions to take positive measures to enforce national economic sovereignty.
Meanwhile, Fayakhun Andriadi, a member of the Golkar faction in the House Commission-I said on a separate occasion that mismanagement in the free trade area cooperation could have a negative impact on economic growth and economic justice for the people in Indonesia.
"The AC-FTA for me is like a time bomb, because it can become a serious problem in the future," said the young politician from the Golkar party. ***
