Amy Sood
Asia Reporter at South China Morning Post
Asia Reporter @SCMPNews covering Indonesia, India, SEA affairs | words @cnni @NBCnews, @fcchk fellow 2021-22 | usual disclaimers
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4 days ago |
scmp.com | Amy Sood
Indonesia’s move to raise royalties on lucrative commodities offers an opportunity for the global nickel powerhouse to boost state revenue and fund President Prabowo Subianto’s ambitious flagship programmes. But it is facing resistance from mining groups. The new royalty structure, implemented at the end of April, affects minerals including nickel, copper, tin, gold and bauxite. Nickel royalties, for example, have risen from a flat rate of 10 per cent to a range of 14 to 19 per cent.
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4 days ago |
scmp.com | Amy Sood
India’s heavily protected agricultural sector is emerging as a flashpoint in trade talks with the United States, with analysts warning that opening the market to American food imports could endanger small Indian farmers and New Delhi’s long-standing food security policies.
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4 days ago |
flipboard.com | Amy Sood
TV coverage of the conflict is rage bait masquerading as news. How did India get here? Journalism has been priced out – first by advertisers, then by algorithms and finally by our apathy. On Thursday, as the India-Pakistan crisis boiled …
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1 week ago |
scmp.com | Amy Sood
Indonesia’s economy posted its slowest growth rate in over three years, with analysts warning that fiscal pressures, sluggish consumer spending, and the ripple effects of American tariffs could further dampen the country’s economic outlook this year. According to official data released by Statistics Indonesia on Monday, the economy grew by 4.87 per cent year on year in the January to March period, down from 5.02 per cent the previous quarter.
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1 week ago |
scmp.com | Amy Sood
Sky-high US tariffs on Chinese solar firms with factories in Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand and Cambodia are prompting some of these companies to consider relocating to Indonesia – a rare bright spot in the region that analysts say may not remain shielded for long.
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