Tag: Indonesia

Tuesday, February 23rd 2021 - 13:29 UTC
Halal chicken dispute blocks Brazil/Indonesia free trade talks

Brazil should only begin free trade talks with Indonesia if it adopts recommendations made by a World Trade Organization panel in 2017 after a dispute over halal chicken, Brazil's meat lobby ABPA said in a letter sent to three government ministries.
Saturday, February 20th 2021 - 08:40 UTC
Some 45 pilot whales stranded on an Indonesian beach: three survive

Regional officials on the northeastern Indonesian island of Madura said on Friday at least 45 pilot whales that stranded themselves on a beach there have died, while rescuers managed to push three back out to sea.
Saturday, December 26th 2020 - 08:55 UTC
Indonesia asks Brazil for data on the Chinese vaccine

With the slow development of its own phase three clinical trial of a Covid-19 vaccine candidate, Indonesia said it has asked for data from Brazil, where a similar trial is progressing smoothly.
Friday, April 24th 2020 - 07:08 UTC
Indonesia opens market for beef imports from Argentina and Brazil

Indonesia has issued permits to import 20,000 tons of beef from Brazil or Argentina, the Trade Ministry’s director-general of domestic trade, Suhanto, told parliament on Thursday
Sunday, March 1st 2020 - 13:20 UTC
African swine fever kills 3.000 pigs in Indonesia

Indonesia is tightening curbs on the transport of pigs and pork products after nearly 3,000 animals died in a new outbreak of African swine fever in an eastern province bordering East Timor, the agriculture ministry said on Friday.
Wednesday, February 12th 2020 - 08:41 UTC
Brazilian and Indonesia billionaires clash over the sale of a US$ 3.5bn pulp mill

The business dispute between the disgraced billionaire Batista brothers in Brazil and the heir to an Indonesian pulp and paper fortune is throwing a wrench in meatpacker JBS SA’s plans to list its international operations in the United States.
Friday, January 10th 2020 - 14:28 UTC
Chinese fishing vessels withdraw from Indonesian EEZ, following standoff with Beijing

Dozens of Chinese vessels which were fishing in Indonesia’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in Natuna are leaving the area, the Indonesian military said on Thursday, after days of stand-off.
Wednesday, January 8th 2020 - 08:55 UTC
Indonesia/China fisheries dispute escalates after Jakarta deploys fighter jets

Indonesia's air force deployed four fighter jets to the South China Sea on Tuesday in a stand-off with Beijing after Jakarta protested over a Chinese violation of its exclusive economic zone.
Tuesday, January 7th 2020 - 07:23 UTC
Indonesia sends warships to support its fishing vessels in a standoff with China

Indonesia will mobilize fishermen to join warships in the South China Sea to help defend against Chinese vessels, the government said on Monday, as the biggest stand-off with China for years escalated off South-east Asia's largest country.
Wednesday, November 27th 2019 - 09:45 UTC
Indonesia rainforest fires more toxic and extended than blazes in the Amazon, EU claims

Fires that destroyed Indonesian rainforests pumped out more carbon dioxide than the blazes in the Amazon this year, according to the European Union's atmosphere observation program.