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Southeast Asia’s Biggest Economy Becomes a Global Dealmaker

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I’m Chris Anstey, an economics editor in Boston. Today we’re looking at international deal-making by Southeast Asia’s biggest economy. Send us feedback and tips to ecodaily@bloomberg.net. And if you aren’t yet signed up to receive this newsletter, you can do so here.

Southeast Asia’s biggest economy, Indonesia, has often been viewed as a nation that punches below its weight on the global scene. Joko Widodo, its president for a decade until last October, was focused on domestic initiatives such as boosting transport links across the vast archipelago and building a new capital city.