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Pence in Indonesia With Trade on Agenda

by Associated Press

   JAKARTA, INDONESIA --

   Vice President Mike Pence is meeting Indonesia's president and other
   top officials in Jakarta with trade and commercial disputes expected to
   be on the agenda.

   The two-day stop in Indonesia comes as President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo
   deals with a serious political setback from the defeat of his ally in
   the election for Jakarta governor.

   Indonesia is on President Donald Trump's trade hit list, and a U.S.
   company that operates the world's largest copper mine in the Indonesian
   province of Papua is in a protracted dispute with the Indonesian
   government.