Jokowi Visits Trade Expo Indonesia

Oct 13, 2016Updated May 18, 20251 min read

President Joko Widodo has attended the 2016 Trade Expo Indonesia (TEI) at the Jakarta International Expo, Kemayoran, Jakarta. Jokowi delivered a warm welcome and opened the event.

Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita, also delivering a speech, said that the expo was meant to help boost trade relations. “We aim to gain direct transactions,” he said October 12, 2016.

Moreover, Enggartiasto said that Indonesia has to have other top products in export, in light of the weakening global economy.

There are over 1,100 national corporates in the expo, and around 14,700 buyers. The buyers are also coming from abroad, namely from some African countries and the Middle East. The government expects that the buyers can conduct business transactions which the expo aims to score at around Rp2 trillion.

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