Toward a US-Indonesia free trade agreement / Gary Clyde Hufbauer and Sjamsu Rahardja.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hufbauer, Gary Clyde.

Contributor:

Rahardja, Sjamsu, 1969-

Peterson Institute for International Economics.

Series:

Policy analyses in international economics ; 83.

Policy analyses in international economics ; 83

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International economic relations.

United States--Foreign economic relations--Indonesia.

United States.

Indonesia--Foreign economic relations--United States.

Indonesia.

Physical Description:

xvii, 260 pages ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

Toward a United States-Indonesia free trade agreement

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2007.

Summary:

Indonesia is the largest Muslim country in the world. Would a free trade agreement (FTA) with the country be both economically and politically beneficial to the United States? What kind of benefits could Indonesia expect? This book presents a case for improved trade relations between Indonesia and the United States and recommends advancing talks toward a US-Indonesia FTA. The authors present a detailed study of the stakes involved in the proposed negotiation and estimate the FTA's potential for trade creation, trade diversion, and welfare under different scenarios.

Contents:

US-Indonesia Relations 2

The FTA Case 8

Indonesia's Place in the Queue 17

Plan of the Report 22

2 Natural Resources 35

Energy and Mining 36

Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries 40

3 Manufactures Trade 55

An Industrial Snapshot 57

Bilateral Trade in Manufactured Goods 58

Market Access 65

4 Labor and Environmental Issues in Indonesia 95

Labor Standards in Indonesia 97

Environmental Standards in Indonesia 105

Labor and Environmental Issues in US FTAs 108

5 Government Procurement 117

Government Procurement: The United States 117

Government Procurement: Indonesia 126

6 Investment and Intellectual Property Rights 129

Investment Regime and Flows 130

Enhanced Protection and Access for Foreign Investors 139

Intellectual Property in US FTAs 149

7 Services Trade 155

US Barriers to Trade in Services 156

Indonesian Barriers to Trade in Services 169

Services Trade in Selected US FTAs 175

8 Estimates from Gravity and Computable General Equilibrium Models 185

Gravity Model: Construction and Results 186

CGE Model: Construction and Results 193

Appendix A Technical Aspects of the Gravity and Computable General Equilibrium Models 233.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-250) and index.

ISBN:

0881324027

9780881324020

OCLC:

84838347