Critics call US–Indonesia trade deal ‘extractive colonialism’ over mining, fossil fuels

Published on April 2, 2026

Activists warn a new US-Indonesia trade deal could accelerate mining, deforestation and fossil fuel use, with weak, nonbinding environmental safeguards.

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