US wants to be RI's No. 1 trade partner, Obama says

Erwida Maulia, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Wed, 11/10/2010 2:19 AM

US President Barack Obama says he’s not happy that the US is Indonesia's third largest trading and investment partner.

"I've informed [President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono] that we don't like to be ‘No. 3’. We want to be No. 1," Obama told a press conference after a meeting with Yudhoyono at the State Palace.

After Obama twice cancelled visits to Jakarta, the two leaders launched a comprehensive partnership on Tuesday.

The agreement covers cooperation in trade and investment, education, energy, climate change and environment, security, democracy and civil society.

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