In order to strengthen and promote economic cooperation, including trade and investment, ASEAN countries and China agreed to free trade agreements. The approval of the co-operation provisions of Presidential Decree 2004, No. 48. ASEAN economic cooperation, China will enhance the well-being of the people in their respective countries. In order to achieve a big dream, agreed to lower trade barriers in order to create a low-cost transactions. In addition, it agreed to increase trade and investment within the region and enhance economic efficiency. Steps to achieve this goal, among other things, as the tariff barriers and trade nontarif the gradual elimination of all things. Of trade in goods and services, the gradual liberalization of important sectors of the coverage. Where then is the status of the agricultural sector in ASEAN, China Free Trade Area What is this?

ASEAN Free Trade Agreement, China (FTA) of the agricultural sector, it is actually related to the World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations on the liberalization of the agricultural sector breakdown of responses.

This is Indonesia’s very difficult to reject the free trade agreement. Refusal to separate from Indonesia will stage regional trade. On the other hand, refused the ASEAN China Free Trade Area will not automatically make a strong domestic economy.

Does not accept the ASEAN China Free Trade Area will also be inundated Indonesia imported from China, but by other ASEAN countries, regional cooperation, which were previously bundled into the product.

Meanwhile, in Indonesia participated in the ASEAN-China Free Trade Area, but also not without problems. Indonesia’s 2.3 million residents, is a commodities and products in the Chinese market is very large. Prior to the implementation of the ASEAN China Free Trade Area, a variety of products from China flood the Indonesian domestic market.

Indonesia’s many goods and products difficult to compete with imported products from China. In fact, the industry producing these products, as well as agricultural planting, as Indonesia’s millions of people live basis.

As a nation, Indonesia is no need for such lost, like all the “homework”, that is, the tide of free trade, long-term concern, because the approval was signed in 2004 done a done a good job. This is to improve the operational capability and product quality of goods and increase the competitiveness of Indonesian products.

Agriculture Suswono States, the ASEAN China Free Trade Area is a minister of the agreed policy. Thus, a better job when faced with increased capacity, production and quality of agricultural products in Indonesia. This is necessary because Indonesia never be a survival strategy. Sooner or later, free trade will happen.