The end of the WTO moratorium on e-commerce tariffs in 2026 paves the way for Indonesia to start levying excises on imported digital goods.

The newly signed publisher rights regulation tasks a committee with facilitating partnerships between digital platforms, such as Google and Meta, and the press.

In the WTO's first ruling related to deforestation, a three-person panel voted by two-to-one to reject Malaysia's substantive claims, while accepting its complaints over how the measures had been prepared, published and administered.

Association blamed those platforms for causing financial losses for local accommodation companies.

The presumptive president-elect also opined that the government should consider privatizing state-owned enterprises in non-strategic industries like tourism and hospitality.

This fiscal policy, which will last until 2025, aims to support the green transition by attracting investment, boosting domestic EV production and accelerating the EV program.

Local pension funds had Rp 1.4 quadrillion (US$89.05 billion) in assets at the end of last year, three-quarters of which came from mandatory pension programs.

The decision was announced after the President staged a short cabinet meeting before his departure to Australia for a working visit.

A revised ministerial regulation is expected to support industrial and commercial use of rooftop solar panels, but how it is implemented will be crucial in ensuring companies can easily access the electricity generated by the installations.

Musk's lawsuit alleges a breach of contract, saying Altman and co-founder Greg Brockman originally approached him to make an open source, non-profit company, but the startup established in 2015 is now focused on making money.

India, which had sought concessions on agriculture, had blocked the extension but reversed course after a request from host United Arab Emirates, leaving the two-year extension as the only significant outcome from the meeting.

The Rp 1.2 trillion (US$76.3 million) plant owned by PT Kaltim Amonium Nitrat (KAN) can produce 75,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate a year.

The Southeast Asia’s largest economy hopes to attract more investment and trade deals by becoming OECD member.

Indonesia would have to undergo a comprehensive review by 23 OECD committees and would need the unanimous consent of all 38 member-states before it is allowed into the hallowed club. 

Government projections point to a sharp increase in the gap between state expenditure and revenue this year amid massive spending on social aid and subsidies.

Debt-for-nature deals, where government borrowers swap loans for cheaper debt underpinned by credit guarantees from multilateral lenders and commit some of the savings to environmental conservation, are rare but growing.

A cabinet meeting on Monday reportedly included discussions on the aspirational programs of Prabowo Subianto, indicating the outgoing administration's accommodative approach to President Jokowi's likely successor.

Indonesia is expected to implement sweetened drink tax this year.

However, this excludes ministers and the president, who would still maintain use of state-provided service vehicles.

The new taxonomy includes the construction of some coal-fired power plants in the Transition category.

Meta says it understands that it will not be required to pay for news content voluntarily posted by news publishers.

The government has slashed its target for relocating high-ranking civil servants this year by nearly half to 6,000, from an initial figure of 11,916.

The government is preparing implementing regulations that will enable incentives for carbon capture storage (CCS) projects in the country, following the issuance of Presidential Regulation No. 14/2024.

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has issued a regulation providing more value-added tax (VAT) discounts for purchasers of electric cars and buses in 2024.

TikTok had been forced to close its relatively new e-commerce service, TikTok Shop, in Indonesia after the country banned online shopping on social media platforms last year, citing the need to protect smaller merchants and users' data.

Indonesia ranks high for per-capita food waste.

The rule brings Indonesia in line with Australia and Canada, which have enacted similar publishers’ rights policies.

The campaign team for Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka has toned down public expectations about one of its key election promises, explaining that the free lunch and milk will initially be handed out only to children in disadvantaged rural regions.

China's central bank on Tuesday cut a key benchmark lending rate used to price mortgages, as Beijing seeks to boost its flagging growth.

The plans announced at an industry summit on the eve of the Singapore Airshow aim for all departing flights to use 1 percent sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from 2026, rising to 3-5 percent by 2030, subject to global developments and the wider availability and adoption of SAF.