Indonesia Targetkan Naik Kelas Jadi Negara Maju | OBROLANBISNIS.com — Di hari kedua Pertemuan Konferensi Tingkat Tinggi (KTT) khusus ASEAN-Amerika Serikat yang berlangsung tanggal 11-13 Mei 2022, Menteri Perdagangan (Mendag), Muhammad Lutfi menegaskan, penguatan ASEAN merupakan kunci pertumbihan ekonomi kawasan.
Penegasan ini disampaikan Mendag Lutfi usai melakukan pertemuan bilateral dengan Menteri Perdagangan Kamboja Pan Sorasak dan Menteri Perdagangan Internasional dan Industri Malaysia Dato’ Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali.
Pertemuan bilateral juga membahas persiapan pelaksanaan rangkaian Pertemuan Spesial ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) yang akan dilaksanakan pada 17-18 Mei 2022 di Bali, Indonesia.
Mendag Lutfi juga menyampaikan, pembahasan kondisi ekonomi global, antara lain terkait peningkatan proteksionisme era modern, peningkatan inflasi pascakonflik Rusia-Ukraina yang memicu krisis energi dan inflasi harga dunia, serta peningkatan ketidakpercayaan dunia terhadap sistem perdagangan multilateral yang telah memberikan dampak negatif bagi pertumbuhan ekonomi di kawasan.
Disamping itu, dibahas juga berbagai agenda yang ditawarkan oleh negara-negara ekonomi besar seperti Indo-Pacific Economic Forum (IPEF) oleh Amerika Serikat, European Union Indo-Pacific Strategy oleh Uni Eropa, Belt Road Initiatives (BRI) oleh Tiongkok, serta kebijakan seperti EU Green Deal dan UK Environmental Act (Due Diligence on Forest Risk Commodities).
Mendag Lutfi menekankan, rantai pasok di ASEAN akan sangat terganggu di masa mendatang apabila ASEAN tidak segera merespon berbagai perkembangan situasi ekonomi dunia yang terjadi dewasa ini.
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“ASEAN perlu segera mengambil aksi nyata untuk memperkuat posisi sentralitas ASEAN melalui berbagai inisiatif berbasis proyek dan merevitalisasi ASEAN sebagai basis produksi dalam penguatan rantai pasok ekonomi di kawasan,” tegas Mendag Lutfi.
Mendag Lutfi, memandang penguatan ekonomi harus berasal dari dalam ASEAN. ASEAN memiliki berbagai inisiatif bersama yang perlu direvitalisasi seperti proyek pupuk Aceh ASEAN, proyek Urea ASEAN di Malaysia, proyek fabrikasi tembaga ASEAN di Filipina, proyek abu soda garam batu di Thailand, serta proyek vaksin ASEAN di Singapura.
“Untuk itu, ASEAN perlu meningkatkan proyek-proyek serupa di masa mendatang, sehingga dapat memperkuat ketangguhan ASEAN terhadap berbagai agenda atau kebijakan negara lain yang dapat mengganggu rantai pasok di kawasan,” ungkap Mendag Lutfi.
Pandangan singkat Mendag Lutfi mendapat tanggapan positif dari Menteri Sorasak dan Menteri Azmin yang juga berpandangan sama.
Menteri Sorasak, selaku Ketua AEM tahun ini akan mendukung penuh pelaksanaan AEM Special Meeting yang akan dilaksanakan di Bali dan akan mengupayakan terbentuknya kesepakatan yang lebih konkrit dari seluruh Menteri Ekonomi ASEAN dalam merespon perkembangan ekonomi global saat ini.
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Mendag Lutfi juga menghadiri kegiatan Indonesia Ministers Meeting with United States Business Leaders yang diinisiasi Kementerian Investasi/Badan Koordinasi Penanaman Modal (BKPM).
Pertemuan ini menghadirkan 12 pimpinan perusahaan-perusahaan besar Amerika Serikat antara lain Microsoft, Cargill, P&G, Johnson&Johnson, Chevron, Exxonmobil, dan C4V.
Pada pertemuan ini, Mendag Lutfi menyampaikan, Indonesia menargetkan untuk keluar dari jebakan pendapatan kelas menengah melalui pelipattigaan produk domestik bruto (GDP) per kapita dari USD 4,000 menjadi sekitar USD 12,500 pada periode 2038-2040.
Dalam mencapai target ini, peningkatan investasi infrastruktur secara masif menjadi kunci utama Pemerintah Indonesia. Untuk menunjang pencapaian tersebut, Indonesia mendukung keterbukaan akses pasar perdagangan internasional.
“Peningkatan investasi diharapkan dapat mendukung tujuan besar Pemerintah Indonesia untuk keluar dari status negara dengan pendapatan menengah dan meningkatkan kesejahteraan masyarakat Indonesia secara umum,” ucap Mendag Lutfi. ***
Indonesia Targets Upgrading to Become a Developed Country | OBROLANBISNIS.com — On the second day of the ASEAN-United States special Summit which took place on 11-13 May 2022, the Minister of Trade (Mendag), Muhammad Lutfi emphasized that strengthening ASEAN is the key to regional economic growth.
This statement was made by the Minister of Trade Lutfi after holding bilateral meetings with Cambodian Trade Minister Pan Sorasak and Malaysian Minister of International Trade and Industry Dato’ Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali.
The bilateral meeting also discussed preparations for the implementation of the ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) Special Meeting series which will be held on 17-18 May 2022 in Bali, Indonesia.
Minister of Trade Lutfi also conveyed that the discussion of global economic conditions, among others, related to the increase in modern era protectionism, the increase in inflation after the Russia-Ukraine conflict which triggered the energy crisis and world price inflation, as well as the increase in world distrust of the multilateral trading system which has had a negative impact on economic growth in Indonesia. area.
In addition, various agendas offered by major economic countries such as the Indo-Pacific Economic Forum (IPEF) by the United States, the European Union Indo-Pacific Strategy by the European Union, Belt Road Initiatives (BRI) by China, and policies such as EU Green Deal and UK Environmental Act (Due Diligence on Forest Risk Commodities).
Trade Minister Lutfi emphasized that the supply chain in ASEAN would be severely disrupted in the future if ASEAN did not immediately respond to various developments in the world economic situation that are currently taking place.
“ASEAN needs to immediately take concrete actions to strengthen ASEAN’s centrality position through various project-based initiatives and revitalize ASEAN as a production base in strengthening economic supply chains in the region,” said Trade Minister Lutfi.
Trade Minister Lutfi views that economic strengthening must come from within ASEAN. ASEAN has various joint initiatives that need to be revitalized such as the ASEAN Aceh fertilizer project, the ASEAN Urea project in Malaysia, the ASEAN copper fabrication project in the Philippines, the rock salt soda ash project in Thailand, and the ASEAN vaccine project in Singapore.
“For this reason, ASEAN needs to increase similar projects in the future, so that it can strengthen ASEAN’s resilience to various agendas or policies of other countries that can disrupt supply chains in the region,” said Trade Minister Lutfi.
Minister of Trade Lutfi’s brief view received a positive response from Minister Sorasak and Minister Azmin who also shared the same view.
Minister Sorasak, as Chair of AEM this year will fully support the implementation of the AEM Special Meeting which will be held in Bali and will seek to form a more concrete agreement from all ASEAN Economic Ministers in responding to current global economic developments.
Trade Minister Lutfi also attended the Indonesia Ministers Meeting with United States Business Leaders, which was initiated by the Ministry of Investment/Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM).
This meeting brought together 12 leaders of major US companies including Microsoft, Cargill, P&G, Johnson & Johnson, Chevron, Exxonmobil, and C4V.
At this meeting, the Trade Minister Lutfi said, Indonesia is targeting to get out of the middle class income trap by doubling the gross domestic product (GDP) per capita from USD 4,000 to around USD 12,500 in the period 2038-2040.
In achieving this target, a massive increase in infrastructure investment is the main key for the Government of Indonesia. To support this achievement, Indonesia supports open access to international trade markets.
“The increase in investment is expected to support the big goal of the Indonesian Government to move out of the status of a middle-income country and improve the welfare of the Indonesian people in general,” said Trade Minister Lutfi. ***
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