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Japan  received protests from members of Parliament protested the United States (U.S.) as judged unfairly subsidizing the program to run a car purchase.

Members of Parliament had also urged U.S. President Barack Obama reported Japanese automobile manufacturers to the World Trade Organization (WTO). They argued that Japan does not support and do not discriminate because it gave subsidies to trade up program of U.S. cars sold in Japan. “We can not sit still because we are doing this in accordance aturan.Produsen Japan could also participate to this program,” said a member of the Senate from Ohio Democrat Betty Sutton told reporters yesterday.

He added that the U.S. Trade Representative’s time to immediately begin discussions with the Government of Japan to identify and correct violations of Japan’s trade obligations. “If the talks fail, the U.S. must submit a formal complaint at the WTO,” he said. Trade-in program known as cash for clunkers in the U.S. have ended in late August last year with satisfactory results. Sutton previously received a letter on December 17 of the U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, who said that the U.S. is concerned see a drop in vehicle sales in Japan in recent months.

He urged Tokyo to allow American cars to qualify for fleet renewal program. “We will continue to press Japan on this point, especially the possibility that Japan may extend the program beyond the purchase incentive program on March 31, 2010,” said Kirk. Speaker of the U.S. Trade Representative Nefeterius McPherson said, Japan has agreed to talks with the U.S. about the concerns raised U.S. Senate. “We hope to find a way forward through these discussions.

Our position remains that the changes needed to provide greater opportunities for U.S. vehicles qualify under the Japanese program, “said McPherson. Complaints against the Japanese Government policies had also conveyed that U.S. automakers Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., and Chrysler to Ron Kirk in a letter in December. In the letter mentioned that the Japanese government incentive programs effectively have barred U.S. companies participating in the program along with the car sales incentive.

Instead cash for clunkers program in the United States is open to all car manufacturers who do business in Uncle Sam’s country. The result, sales of Japanese cars and other Asian in the U.S. managed to outperform the U.S. manufacturer for Japanese cars and is known to be energy efficient options Americans. The cars made in Japan in the United States contributes nearly half of the total sales of 677,842 units. Subsidy program to prospective car buyers to absorb the total budget of $ 3 billion. “It’s not known whether it will continue the program this year or not.

tu still too early, I think it was an open question, “said Sutton. As reported earlier, U.S. auto sales in general in December rose 15.1 percent to 1.03 million units. Japanese producer Toyota Motor Corp. recorded a sales increase of 32 percent over the same month in 2008. Meanwhile, the U.S. automotive giant General Motors (GM) has decreased 6 percent in December.

Other producers, Chrysler LLC, also suffered a similar fate with GM. Chrysler sales in December fell 4 percent, bringing the total sales in 2009 fell 36 percent. While Ford Motor Co. rose 33 percent, but during 2009 fell 15.4 percent to 1.7 units of vehicles.

a full dedication to the job, working hard, not abstinence tired. Even if he feels tired, she was overcome with a cup of coffee. Nunun and felt refreshed and ready to work hard again.

After work is completed, he had a break. At other times, appeared more activities that are time and energy consuming him. Again and again he overcome all this with a cup of coffee. However, the body can not continue to forced. Coffee can only reinvigorate nunun for a while. Finally, due to the coffee drinking habits, he was sick. He can not work anymore, messy job.

That is what happened with the construction of environmentally unfriendly. Development of pursuing economic growth as high and ignore the environmental conditions like nunun, the hard worker who did not notice her condition. Economic built by destroying the environment will last only temporarily.

Finally, after the neighborhood was destroyed, the economy will also be destroyed. Function of the environment in economic development like health function for our work. We need our health to job success. Successful not only for the time being, but for a longer time.

The question is whether we are willing to sacrifice our health for the sake of jobs, as happened with nunun? Are we willing to sacrifice our environmental conditions for economic growth? Unfortunately, some economists do not want to “sacrifice” for the sake of economic growth good environment. For them, economic growth was the commander.

Look, the economic program often begins with a target of high economic growth. This is exactly what is done nunun, who work hard regardless of health condition. This is what happens with the various economic programs that generate high growth with environmental damage. Perhaps, the question is how to concretely implement this.

One example, is how to develop tourism projects free from tobacco smoke. This is probably due to greater awareness of smoke-free meningkat.Daerah been increasingly smoke-free it can attract foreign tourists due to the current love of the air smoke-free has increased tremendously. But ironically, sometimes we hear that people want to visit Indonesia because Indonesia is? Heaven smokers?.

People can easily smoke and damage our air quality. The reason that we hear, we need their money. But, if we are willing to environmental conditions we tampered with the cigarettes flow keep coming to Indonesia, just for the sake of short-term money? Indeed, attempts to create a tourism without cigarettes does not necessarily mean lower earnings.

Today, awareness about the importance of smoke-free increased. The smokers are going away from us, but, other tourists, who love smoke-free air, will arrive. Economy grows, along with our air quality improvement. Awareness of the need for a good environment (not only free from tobacco smoke) also has continued to increase, including in the international world.

Lifestyle more environmentally friendly and more people looking for goods and trendi.Permintaan environmentally friendly services will increase. We may then create goods and services that are environmentally friendly to meet the needs of this increased. Let’s do the economic development of environmentally friendly.

Economic growth between 4? 5% is fine as long as improvements in environmental conditions. Is a bonus, that the economy can grow at over 5%. Government should make environmental progress as one of the main indicators of the success of local government and the Indonesian government. Environmental statistics can be reported every three months along with the economic growth report.

We’ve created a special economic zone in Batam, Bintan and Karimun to pursue high economic growth. Kepulauan Riau Province Government, the Government of Indonesia, and Singapore government tried to make this area a third jumped rapidly in economic development, in terms of achieving high economic growth.

Various special facilities provided for these three areas. If successful, these programs will be expanded to other areas in Indonesia. However, environmental issues seem to have not received special attention in the Special Economic Zone project third itu.Apakah area will achieve high economic growth at the expense of environmental conditions in the area?

If that happens, whether economic growth will be sustainable? Good planning and implementation of the Special Economic Zones in Batam, Bintan and Karimun have noticed the environmental conditions. It is time we created the project “Environment-Friendly Economic Zone”. The emphasis is not on the pursuit of high economic growth, but on the achievement of environmental conditions is good.

Of course, the economy in this region should grow, but the high growth is not the main targets of development in this area. Government can make experiments with creating a Green Economic Zone, the main aims of environmental conditions improve. We select areas that can be used as pilot projects. We provide special facilities so that the area can develop a good environmental condition.

If successful, this project expanded to other areas. We can also cooperate with other governments to create a Green Economic Zones in Indonesia. Perhaps, Bali can be used as one of the region. Bali has a lot of potential to be an example of success in economic development environmentally friendly.

The government projected the growth of manufacturing industry in 2010 could reach 4.55%. Although free trade agreement (FTA / Free Trade Agreement) ASEAN-China has been applied.

“ASEAN-China FTA is still a difference but not too big,” said Minister of Industry, MS Hidayat in the Office of Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Jalan Lapangan Banteng, Jakarta, Monday (4/1/2009).

Hidayat rate of growth of manufacturing industry was able to remain positive because of the large contributions from leading sectors such as food beverages, tobacco, printing, cement industry, and some types of metal.

“They contribute, so that the total growth of 4.55%,” he said.

As for the textile sector can still contribute a large part in the growth of the manufacturing industry.

“I do not put textiles in high growth, because there are zero point. Tesktil was still able to grow positive because there is machinery restructuring program that helped to increase its competitiveness,” he said.

2010 Economic Growth to achieve, RI Rely Export and Investment

The government will rely on exports and investment to achieve economic growth target in 2010 is pegged by 5,5-5,6%.

This was conveyed by Coordinating Minister Hatta Radjasa in exposure Economic Performance Evaluation and Outlook 2009 in Office 2010 Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Jalan Lapangan Banteng, Jakarta, Monday (4/1/2010).

“If we supported in 2009 government spending and consumption. But this year we expect economic growth driven by exports and investment,” said Hatta.

Hatta declared, along with improving the condition of the world economy of Indonesia’s export performance in 2010 is estimated to be better than the year 2009 that will grow at a rate of about 5.1%.

Hatta explained this in household consumption is expected to experience growth of 5.3% or slightly higher than expected growth in household consumption in 2009.

Meanwhile, government spending still will grow quite well in 2010. Budget 2010 is designed to remain expansionary, and still provide incentives for This real sector.

“For the year 2010, spending is expected to grow pemeirntah a rate of 9.3%,” he said.

With the increase in export activity and domestic demand, imports Hatta project in 2010 will grow at a rate of 7.2%.

The increased demand at home and abroad, and began to decrease uncertainty in the world economy, is expected to encourage the business to realize more of their investment plans.

“In 2010, the investment is expected to grow about 7.2%,” he explained.