Indonesia backs WTO efforts to ease global trade tꦗensions
Santoso stated that at a bilateral meeting with WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on the sidelines of an APEC session in Jeju, the Republic of Korea on May 15, the Indonesian side reaffirmed its support for the WTO as a rule-based multilateral trade regime to maintain its credibility and strengthen its role in resolving trade issues, easing trade tensions, and averting acts that could harm the multilateral trade system.