Does Jokowi Go to United Stated Joint TPP? Indonesia’s Economy will be ‘Big Market’

Jakarta, Aktual.com – Visit of the President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to the United States following the US-ASEAN Summit meeting to discuss the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) invites public concerns.

Because, if Jokowi so sign a successor agreement’s involvement in the TPP, it is precisely the Indonesian economy will fall victim to a flood of products that TPP members. So that’s going to happen, Indonesia will become major markets of developed countries members of the TPP.
US-ASEAN Summit that will take place on February 15 to 16 in California, USA. For that we ask, that Jokowi do not make a commitment in the TPP because more disadvantages than benefits, “said the coordinator of Indonesia for Global Justice (IGJ), Rachmi in Jakarta, Monday (15/2).

According Rahmi, so the Community Coalition rejects TPP, fearing commitment Jokowi’s agenda. “So the presence of TPP will only be a threat to national development priority agenda of the government,” he said.

Even the big issues, the opening of access to the goods market in the TPP.
That would turn off micro Indonesia sector. “This is happening because of the obliteration of imported goods. Because of this TPP will further open the tap of imports, “said Rachmi.

With that condition, the micro business sector will continue to be undermined by the presence of imported products cheaper. “Moreover, the application of the principle of non-discrimination in the TPP will only put the micro in a position that always defeated when the micro sector is aligned with large-scale business sector,” he said.

Even with the signing of the TPP that it will be the removal of local content in each investment project. So it will be a flood of imported products.

“That way, prohibition of local content in the TPP would inhibit the downstream industry in the plan of improving the competitiveness of Indonesia, particularly in the face of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC),” he explained.

In fact, Jokowi himself instructed that any infrastructure project can absorb at least 30 percent local content. Both in the production of cement, iron, steel and local of total needs. Even liabilities in Mining Law which requires the mining and mineral industry uses 30 per cent local content in production.

“But if we join TPP, then the agenda of the use of local content will be reduced as low as possible. So that there is a monopoly rather than competition,” he concluded.

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