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Indonesian shoemakers fear Trump tariffs despite lower levy
Indonesian shoemakers fear Trump tariffs despite lower levy
Business and Economy
by  AFP

At a leather boot shop in the Indonesian city of Bandung, workers handle an order from Texas but owner Etnawati Melani says she fears such business will dwindle when Donald Trump's tariffs hit exports. So any new tariff was likely to damage business -- particularly in Bandung, where its shoe scene is well-known internationally for beautifully hand-crafted quality leather boots.

Pakistan's quiet solar rush puts pressure on national grid
Pakistan's quiet solar rush puts pressure on national grid
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Pakistanis are increasingly ditching the national grid in favour of solar power, prompting a boom in rooftop panels and spooking a government weighed down by billions of dollars of power sector debt. But the fall in national grid consumers has crept up on an unprepared government burdened by $8 billion of power sector debt, analysts say.