Nay-Palm Bomb: Widodo's drastic palm-olein export ban
Send us a text Controlling domestic cooking-oil prices is President Widodo's reason for banning Indonesia's exports of palm oleins, which the world relies upon for food and cosmetics. Will the draconian measure actually work? If so, when? Global concerns about food inflation are at stake. Also on the pod: the Lowy Institute's Ben Bland discusses Indonesian attitudes toward democracy, international relations and world leaders, based on Lowy's new poll findings. Je...