Indonesia Deregulates Policy to Entice American Investor in the E-Commerce Sector

Indonesia will jumpstart the e-commerce industry with president Joko Widodo's trip to US next week. In a scheduled trip, President Joko Widodo, more familiary called as Jokowi, will meet president Obama, U.S. congressional leaders, and high level executives in Silicon Valley.

According to Reuters, during President Jokowi's trip, there will be series of meetings with executives from big companies. One of which are with Tim Cook, Apple CEO and executives from Google, Facebook and Microsoft. The meeting with Silicon Valley executives was meant to attract foreign investment to e-Commerce factor to boost Indonesian economics after a six-year slowdown. President Jokowi in his first year in the office, has a very strong determination to push forward economic revival despite a strong opposition from his political opponents in the parliament.