Cempaka Business and Economy: ACFTA creates export opportunities, says President

"A Summary" – Apr 2, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Religion, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Intelligent/Benevolent Design, EU, South America, 5 Currencies, Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Middle East, Internet, Israel, Dictators, Palestine, US, Japan (Quake/Tsunami Disasters , People, Society ...), Nuclear Power Revealed, Hydro Power, Geothermal Power, Moon, Financial Institutes (Recession, Realign integrity values ..) , China, North Korea, Global Unity,..... etc.) - (Text version)

"The Timing of the Great Shift" – Mar 21, 2009 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Text version)

“ … Here is another one. A change in what Human nature will allow for government. "Careful, Kryon, don't talk about politics. You'll get in trouble." I won't get in trouble. I'm going to tell you to watch for leadership that cares about you. "You mean politics is going to change?" It already has. It's beginning. Watch for it. You're going to see a total phase-out of old energy dictatorships eventually. The potential is that you're going to see that before 2013.
They're going to fall over, you know, because the energy of the population will not sustain an old energy leader ..."

"Update on Current Events" – Jul 23, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Subjects: The Humanization of God, Gaia, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Benevolent Design, Financial Institutes (Recession, System to Change ...), Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Nuclear Power Revealed, Geothermal Power, Hydro Power, Drinking Water from Seawater, No need for Oil as Much, Middle East in Peace, Persia/Iran Uprising, Muhammad, Israel, DNA, Two Dictators to fall soon, Africa, China, (Old) Souls, Species to go, Whales to Humans, Global Unity,..... etc.)

"The Recalibration of Awareness – Apr 20/21, 2012 (Kryon channeled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Old Energy, Recalibration Lectures, God / Creator, Religions/Spiritual systems (Catholic Church, Priests/Nun’s, Worship, John Paul Pope, Women in the Church otherwise church will go, Current Pope won’t do it), Middle East, Jews, Governments will change (Internet, Media, Democracies, Dictators, North Korea, Nations voted at once), Integrity (Businesses, Tobacco Companies, Bankers/ Financial Institutes, Pharmaceutical company to collapse), Illuminati (Started in Greece, with Shipping, Financial markets, Stock markets, Pharmaceutical money (fund to build Africa, to develop)), Shift of Human Consciousness, (Old) Souls, Women, Masters to/already come back, Global Unity.... etc.) - (Text version)

“… The Shift in Human Nature

You're starting to see integrity change. Awareness recalibrates integrity, and the Human Being who would sit there and take advantage of another Human Being in an old energy would never do it in a new energy. The reason? It will become intuitive, so this is a shift in Human Nature as well, for in the past you have assumed that people take advantage of people first and integrity comes later. That's just ordinary Human nature.

In the past, Human nature expressed within governments worked like this: If you were stronger than the other one, you simply conquered them. If you were strong, it was an invitation to conquer. If you were weak, it was an invitation to be conquered. No one even thought about it. It was the way of things. The bigger you could have your armies, the better they would do when you sent them out to conquer. That's not how you think today. Did you notice?

Any country that thinks this way today will not survive, for humanity has discovered that the world goes far better by putting things together instead of tearing them apart. The new energy puts the weak and strong together in ways that make sense and that have integrity. Take a look at what happened to some of the businesses in this great land (USA). Up to 30 years ago, when you started realizing some of them didn't have integrity, you eliminated them. What happened to the tobacco companies when you realized they were knowingly addicting your children? Today, they still sell their products to less-aware countries, but that will also change.

What did you do a few years ago when you realized that your bankers were actually selling you homes that they knew you couldn't pay for later? They were walking away, smiling greedily, not thinking about the heartbreak that was to follow when a life's dream would be lost. Dear American, you are in a recession. However, this is like when you prune a tree and cut back the branches. When the tree grows back, you've got control and the branches will grow bigger and stronger than they were before, without the greed factor. Then, if you don't like the way it grows back, you'll prune it again! I tell you this because awareness is now in control of big money. It's right before your eyes, what you're doing. But fear often rules. …”

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

ACFTA creates export opportunities, says President

Aditya Suharmoko and Erwida Maulia, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Tue, 01/26/2010 11:26 AM

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the free trade agreement between ASEAN and China (ACFTA) would not threaten Indonesia’s industries, but create opportunities for local businesses to export more goods.

He also said the government would strengthen the competitiveness of local industries against cheaper Chinese products flooding the local market, while pursuing renegotiation of some tariffs with China.

“Don’t think that with the agreement we will be flooded by goods exported by China. We can export many of our products. This is not a threat, but an opportunity.

“We can expand, and raise our exports,” Yudhoyono said Monday at the Indonesian Military headquarters in Cilangkap, East Jakarta.

He did not mention which products might see higher exports.

The ACFTA — based on an agreement signed in 2004, has been gradually phased in and became fully effective on Jan. 1 this year — introducing zero tariffs on 6,682 tariff posts in 17 sectors including 12 in manufacturing and five in the agriculture, mining and maritime sectors.

To help protect local industries, the House of Representatives’ commission VI overseeing industry and trade has demanded that the government renegotiate 228 tariff posts covering garments, furniture and footwear, among others. It has given the government six months to do this.

Analysts said industries producing textiles, toys and footwear could be hit hard by the ACFTA because China could produce cheaper products.

According to the latest data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), Indonesia imported US$12.01 billion of non-oil-and-gas products from China between January and November last year, down 14.7 percent from $14.08 billion in the same period in 2008.

Meanwhile, Indonesia exported to China $7.71 billion of non-oil-and-gas products between January and November last year, up 5.47 percent from $7.31 billion in the same period the year before.

Total exports between January and November last year were $86.64 billion, or down 13.71 percent from the same period in 2008; while imports were $69.69 billion, down 24.22 percent, BPS said.

The government may provide direct incentives if needed for industries negatively affected by the ACFTA, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said.

The government will also improve infrastructure to help cut costs and has cut tax rates to support industries, she said.

The government has a team to help cushion the economy from negative impacts from the ACFTA, Coordinating Economic Minister Hatta Rajasa said and its tasks included protecting the domestic market from smuggled goods; supervising the issuance of import documents; helping expand export markets; helping to improve the domestic market; and promoting local products.

Said Hartono, chairman of the Indonesian Rural Banks Association, said many micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises may close their businesses if the government does not strengthen supporting policies to cushion the negative impacts of the ACFTA.

“If they are forced to compete against large-capital industries, they are not ready. It can be predicted that they may shut their businesses,” he said.

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