Free trade between the countries in Southeast Asia or more familiar with the ASEAN Economic Community 2015 (MEA) brings positive things and negative for each country involved.Director of trade negotiations in services, Directorate General of international trade Cooperation Ministry of trade (Kemendag) Sondang Anggraini says, there are some benefits that can be obtained the ASEAN countries especially Indonesia while it lasts. MEAThe benefits of this include MEA, decreasing travel costs transport, lowering the cost of telecommunications, rapidly increasing the number of internet users, the information will be more readily and rapidly retrieved, increased investment and employment."In trade in services, MEA can improve the performance of the economy and provide an opportunity to increase exports to traditional or new," he said in Jakarta, as it posted Thursday (26/12/2013).However, to deal with the negative impact due to the competition, advanced Sondang, there are some things that need to be done, both by the Government and the private sector.According to him, the thing that the Government needs to do now is develop educational curricula in accordance with the general development policy and MEA service sector nationwide.Then enhance socialization activities, focus on the supply side, production and increase the protection of consumers, giving space for micro, small and medium enterprises (UMKM), encourages the private sector to take advantage of open markets, create conditions that provide opportunities to domestic service suppliers can compete with foreign services suppliers, improving the qualifications of workers such as doctors and architects."The liberalization of trade in services are highly risky, therefore the correct regulations and other policies is very important to provide certainty in order to deliver a profit as expected," he explained.In addition to Governments, the private sector also need to do the preparations ahead of the entry of the free market, such as the study of all of the commitments that have been agreed upon between the ASEAN countries, improved capability (efficiency and competitiveness) supply of services provided, in anticipation of the influx of foreign investors, in anticipation of the labor movement."The obstacles faced by Indonesia for workers working in the ASEAN countries is a mengenaik language and difference rules work, it needs to be improved language skills and understanding of the rules in the ASEAN countries," demolished him.
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