Australia, Indonesia sign a multi-billion-dollar free trade deal after months of diplomatic tensions
Indonesia's Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita and Australia's Minister of Trade, Tourism and Investment Simon Birmingham shakes hands after signing an economic partnership agreement aimed at boosting trade and investment in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 4, 2019.
The pact will include improved access for Australian cattle and sheep farmers to Indonesia’s 260 million people, while Australian universities, health providers and miners will also benefit from easier entry to Southeast Asia’s biggest economy. Both ministers touted the deal as indicative of deepening ties between the two countries, which have occasionally butted heads on foreign policy issues, including Australia’s hardline policy on asylum seekers. “The signing of the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement brings our two nations closer together than ever before,” Birmingham told reporters. “Today is definitely the brightest moment on of the Indonesia-Australia relationship,” he said.
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