Indonesia to apply for CPTPP membership this year: minister

TOKYO -- Indonesia will apply to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact "within this year," Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto said Friday, seeking a faster export boost than from bilateral deals.

Southeast Asia's biggest economy has concluded the internal process for submitting the application, Hartarto told Nikkei on the sidelines of the Future of Asia forum.