Mendag Lutfi Bahas Pemulihan Ekonomi Kawasan Bersama Negara-negara ASEAN | OBROLANBISNIS.com — Presiden Joko Widodo (Jokowi) bersama Menteri Perdagangan Muhammad Lutfi terbang ke Washington DC untuk mengikuti Konferensi Tingkat Tinggi (KTT) Khusus ASEAN-Amerika Serikat (AS), yang berlangsung pada 11-13 Mei 2022.
Selama KTT, Mendag Lutfi melaksanakan arahan Presiden RI Jokowi untuk melakukan sejumlah pertemuan bilateral dengan sejumlah negara ASEAN membahas agenda pemulihan ekonomi kawasan pasca pandemi Covid-19.
Di depan para pemimpin negara ASEAN dan AS, Mendag Lutfi menyampaikan, Presiden menyerukan penghentian perang di Ukraina. “Bapak Presiden memandang perang di Ukraina telah menciptakan tragedi kemanusiaan dan memperburuk perekonomian dunia. Kenaikan harga pangan, energi dan inflasi telah terjadi, sangat memperberat perekonomian dan memperlambat pencapaian tujuan pembangunan berkelanjutan atau SDGs di negara berkembang dan kurang berkembang,” tegas Mendag Lutfi.
Dikatakan Mendag Lutfi, Presiden Jokowi menyatakan, saat ini dunia sedang mengalami masalah baru yang tidak ringan. Setelah diserang pandemi Covid-19 yang kini berangsur mulai membaik, dunia dikejutkan oleh masalah perang Rusia-Ukraina.
Ditegaskan Mendag Lutfi, Pesiden menentang terjadinya peperangan ini. “Presiden menegaskan, seharusnya dunia segera pulih dari pandemi Covid-19, namun dunia menghadapi masalah baru, perang di Ukraina. Saat dunia membutuhkan kerjasama dan kolaborasi, justru rivalitas dan konfrontasi makin menajam. Saat dunia membutuhkan multilateralisme yang makin kokoh justru unilateralisme yang makin mengemuka,” kata Mendag Lutfi menyampaikan pernyataan Presiden.
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“Penekanannya adalah pada besarnya pengaruh AS, Eropa dalam menghentikan perang di Ukraina. Sekali lagi menghentikan perang, bukan memenangkan perang di Ukraina,” tegas Mendag Lutfi.
Mendag Lutfi menuturkan, Presiden Jokowi menegaskan bahwa perang tidak akan menguntungkan siapa pun. “Bapak Presiden menegaskan bahwa setiap negara, setiap pemimpin memiliki tanggung jawab untuk menciptakan enabling environmentagar perang dapat dihentikan dan perdamaian dapat terwujud,” ujarnya.
Saat ini, kondisi pertumbuhan ekonomi dunia cukup memprihatinkan. Dana Moneter Internasional atau IMF menurunkan prediksi pertumbuhan ekonomi di emerging and developing Asiasebesar 0,5 persen pada 2022 dan 0,2 persen pada 2023.
Bank Dunia juga memprediksi pertumbuhan ekonomi beberapa negara ASEAN hanya 1,2 persen .“Presiden Joko Widodo menyampaikan bahwa kenaikan 10 persen harga minyak dunia akan berdampak pada menurunnya pendapatan nasional beberapa negara ASEAN sebesar 0,7 persen dan kenaikan harga gandum juga akan mengakibatkan peningkatan kemiskinan sebesar 1 persen pada sebagian negara ASEAN,” tutur Mendag Lutfi.
Selama ini, ASEAN telah membangun arsitektur keamanan yang inklusif, mengedepankan paradigma kolaborasi, mendorong habit of dialoguedan rules based order. Spirit tersebut juga didorong agar bisa dilaksanakan di negara-negara Indo-Pasifik melalui ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific.
Ditegaskan Mendag Lutfi, Presiden Jokowi menyambut baik inisiatif Amerika melalui Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF). “Presiden berharap sinergi antara IPEF dengan pelaksanaan prioritas kerjasama di AOIP (ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific),” kata Mendag Lutfi.
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Dikatakan Mendag Lutfi, Presiden RI berencana melakukan Indo-Pacific Infrastructure Forum saat Indonesia menjadi ketua ASEAN tahun depan. “Bapak Presiden berharap partisipasi Amerika Serikat dalam forum tersebut,” sebut Mendag Lutfi.
Sebagai tindak lanjut arahan Presiden RI Joko Widodo, Mendag Lutfi menggelar ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) Special Meeting di Bali pada 17–18 Mei 2022 mendatang. ***
Minister of Trade Lutfi Discusses Regional Economic Recovery with ASEAN Countries | OBROLANBISNIS.com — President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) together with the Minister of Trade Muhammad Lutfi flew to Washington DC to attend the ASEAN-United States (US) Special Summit (Summit), which took place on 11-13 May 2022.
During the summit, Trade Minister Lutfi carried out the direction of Indonesian President Jokowi to hold a number of bilateral meetings with a number of ASEAN countries to discuss the regional economic recovery agenda after the Covid-19 pandemic.
In front of the leaders of ASEAN countries and the US, Trade Minister Lutfi said that the President called for an end to the war in Ukraine. “Mr President views the war in Ukraine as having created a humanitarian tragedy and worsening the world economy. The increase in food, energy and inflation prices has occurred, severely burdening the economy and slowing the achievement of the sustainable development goals or SDGs in developing and less developed countries,” said Trade Minister Lutfi.
Trade Minister Lutfi said, President Jokowi stated that the world is currently experiencing a new problem that is not easy. After being attacked by the Covid-19 pandemic, which is now gradually improving, the world was shocked by the problem of the Russia-Ukraine war.
Trade Minister Lutfi emphasized that the President was against this war. “The president emphasized that the world should recover from the Covid-19 pandemic soon, but the world is facing a new problem, the war in Ukraine. When the world needs cooperation and collaboration, the rivalry and confrontation are getting sharper. When the world needs multilateralism that is getting stronger, unilateralism is getting more and more prominent,” said the Minister of Trade Lutfi in conveying the President’s statement.
“The emphasis is on the magnitude of the influence of the US, Europe in stopping the war in Ukraine. Once again to stop the war, not win the war in Ukraine,” said Trade Minister Lutfi.
Trade Minister Lutfi said President Jokowi emphasized that the war would not benefit anyone. “The President emphasized that every country, every leader has a responsibility to create an enabling environment so that war can be stopped and peace can be realized,” he said.
Currently, the condition of world economic growth is quite alarming. The International Monetary Fund or IMF has lowered its forecast for economic growth in emerging and developing Asia by 0.5 percent in 2022 and 0.2 percent in 2023.
The World Bank also predicts that the economic growth of several ASEAN countries will only be 1.2 percent. “President Joko Widodo said that a 10 percent increase in world oil prices will have an impact on decreasing the national income of several ASEAN countries by 0.7 percent and an increase in wheat prices will also lead to an increase in poverty. by 1 percent in some ASEAN countries,” said Trade Minister Lutfi.
So far, ASEAN has built an inclusive security architecture, puts forward a collaboration paradigm, encourages a habit of dialogue and rules based orders. This spirit is also encouraged to be implemented in Indo-Pacific countries through the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific.
Minister of Trade Lutfi emphasized that President Jokowi welcomed America’s initiative through the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF). “The President hopes for the synergy between IPEF and the implementation of priority cooperation in the AOIP (ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific),” said Trade Minister Lutfi.
Trade Minister Lutfi said that the President of the Republic of Indonesia plans to hold the Indo-Pacific Infrastructure Forum when Indonesia becomes the chair of ASEAN next year. “Mr. President hopes for the participation of the United States in the forum,” said Trade Minister Lutfi.
As a follow-up to the direction of the Indonesian President Joko Widodo, the Minister of Trade Lutfi held the ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) Special Meeting in Bali on 17-18 May 2022. ***
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