Ambitious project: Jokowi visiting the site in East Kalimantan for his project of building Indonesia’s new capital city to replace Jakarta. Indonesia and the EU began negotiations on a free trade agreement in 2016, but have missed multiple deadlines. — AFP
JAKARTA: Delaying the implementation of the European Union’s (EU) deforestation-free rule for imported products may provide more time for negotiations between Indonesia and the EU on a free trade agreement, but will do little to bridge the remaining divides between the two parties, analysts say.
The proposed Indonesia-EU Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IEU-CEPA) has yet to be agreed upon, despite commitments from President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to finish negotiations.
