Packages of cooking oil are displayed at a shop in Jakarta. Photo: AFP
Packages of cooking oil are displayed at a shop in Jakarta. Photo: AFP
Dedi Dinarto
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Asian Angle by Dedi Dinarto

Can Jokowi’s new trade minister Zulkifli Hasan fix Indonesia’s cooking oil crisis?

  • Trade minister Zulkifli Hasan wields clout over palm oil firms to resolve cooking oil crisis but has little international trade policy experience
  • He is unlikely to introduce new, far-reaching policies in his short tenure that leads up to Indonesia’s 2024 presidential election

Packages of cooking oil are displayed at a shop in Jakarta. Photo: AFP
Packages of cooking oil are displayed at a shop in Jakarta. Photo: AFP
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