A working visit to Switzerland to attend WEF 2022 is one of our efforts to increase Indonesia's trade cooperation not only with government partners but also with global business actorsJakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia's target at the 2022 World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, is to find solutions to various global problems in order to achieve global economic recovery, Trade Minister Muhammad Lutfi stated.
"A working visit to Switzerland to attend WEF 2022 is one of our efforts to increase Indonesia's trade cooperation not only with government partners but also with global business actors," the minister noted in a statement on Tuesday.
Through the WEF 2022, the minister is optimistic that Indonesia would be able to find solutions to various world challenges, such as the global pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine war, geo-economic shocks, and also climate change.
The annual meeting will take place on May 22-26, 2022. Minister Lutfi is scheduled to attend several meetings, including the meeting with global business actors from various countries in the world as well as promoting Indonesia's G20 Presidency.
World leaders, businesspersons, politicians, scholars, and representatives from selected media outlets worldwide will congregate for the WEF annual meeting. At the forum, they will exchange views to solve global problems as well as open up business opportunities to increase trade and investment in order to drive economic growth.
WEF 2022 is themed "History at a Turning Point: Government Policies and Business Strategies." The annual meeting coincides with the most important geopolitical and geoeconomic moment of the past three decades and the pandemic of the century.
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The WEF in 2021 was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, WEF 2022 will be held.
Several agendas and meetings lined up for the minister include being a panelist and delivering closing remarks at the Country Strategy Dialogue on Indonesia session.
Several issues to be discussed at the Country Strategy Dialogue on Indonesia are the G20 Presidency of Indonesia; Trade, Investment, and Industry Working Group (TIIWG), Chair of Indonesia in ASEAN 2023; and the ASEAN digital economy.
The minister is also scheduled to attend the Indonesia Night event held by the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Investment of the Republic of Indonesia on the sidelines of the WEF 2022 agenda.
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Indonesia will showcase hospitality and its business prospects by presenting a plethora of traditional dance forms, folk songs, and Indonesian culinary delicacies as well as display information on investment developments in Indonesia.
At the end of his working visit, Minister Lutfi is scheduled to be a panelist at the session on Assessing the Role of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Trade Agreement.
On this occasion, Minister Lutfi will discuss the role of the RCEP Agreement on Indonesia's regional and world economic growth.
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