Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia hopes to complete its bilateral negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Australia in 2009 if talks on FTA at ASEAN level (including Australia and New Zealand) are concluded this year, Indonesian Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu said.

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian Textile Industries Association (API) is urging the government to issue a policy to protect domestic textile and textile product industries against illegally imported goods currently flooding the home markets, a spokesman said.