Businesses are urging the government to bring all coal traders and brokers under control, after the unbridled fraud in the trading of the commodity claimed several foreign investors recently in Kalimantan and Sumatra.

The government is considering pushing forward safeguard measures to protect domestic industries, with tariff barriers no longer effective due to the upcoming implementation of a number of FTAs.Indonesia, under the ASEAN framework, signed an FTA with China that will take effect on Jan. 1, 2010.