Indonesia - Partner for Europe?

摘要

Is Indonesia a suitable partner for Europe? In reality, we should asking a second question and that whether Europe is a suitable partner for Indonesia. At one stage, access to European markets and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) would have been critical for an emerging economy. Now this is not so much the case, there are other major markets and sources of FDI besides Europe. Equally important is that now Indonesia is an important market in its own right, and therefore has more leverage than it used to when dealing with other countries.