Judul: The impact of agricultural trade liberalization on developed and developing countries economy
Abstrak: The process of economic liberalization that create a free trade area in the world is becoming to be reality after three pillars of agricultural negotiation involved domestic supports, export subsidies, and market access has been agreed to be eliminated by 2013. Nevert heless, this liberalization polic y is believed to be able to create some opportunities and challenges. This policy is expected to change the trade map of all commodities in the world either manufacture or agricultural products. Indonesia is one country that will be expected to be infected by this policy, because agriculture sector is still becoming one of the key sector in Indonesian economy. This research intends: (1) to map the international trade flow specialy in the agricultral sector, (2) to analyze the impact of trade protection elimination, and (3) to explore the impact of tariffs on special product prevailed by Indonesia. The GTAP model was used as the main tool of analysis.
Keyword: International Trade, World Trade Organization, General Trade Analysis Project

Judul: Impact of the trade liberalization on the Indonesian economy performance: a macro-econometricsapproach
Abstrak: Perkembangan ekonomi dunia dewasa ini telah mengarah pada tatanan hubungan ekonomi secara global, dan lndonesia telah ikut serta dalam sistem tersebut setelah menanda tangani Kesepakatan Umum Tarif dan Perdagangan Multilateral GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) melalui WTO yang akan mulai diimplementasi pada tahun 2005. Disamping itu lndonesia ikut pula dalam kesepakatan APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) dan AFTA (ASEAN Free Trade Area). Walaupun saat ini Indonesia sedang dilanda krisis ekonomi namun perubahan lingkungan global yang mengarah pada diberlakukannya liberalisasi perdagangan merupakan tantangan eksternal yang makin serius dan pasti. Bagaimana dampak liberalisasi perdagangan khususnya terhadap negara berkembang masih terus diperdebatkan bahkan menimbulkan pendapat aliran optimistik maupun pesimistik. Studi-studi empirik yang telah dilakukan secara umum mendukung konsep bahwa perdagangan bebas akan meningkatkan kesejahteraan masyarakat secara agregat, namun diakui pula bahwa manfaat yang diterima setiap negara tidaklah sama, ada yang lebih diuntungkan atau sebaliknya., The world economy is currently developed toward the global economic relationship system. Indonesia has taken a part in the system as soon as it signed the commitment about General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade (GATT) of WTO. This agreement will be implemented in the year of 2005. Besides, Indonesia has also participated in other agreements like Asia Pasific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and Asean Free Trade Area (AFTA). Though nowadays Indonesia is facing economic and monetary crisis, changes in global environment directed to the implementation of trade liberalization are serious external coercion for Indonesian economy.
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Judul: Hydroxyapatite-Chitosan Composite Coating on Stainless Steel 316 to Improve Corrosion Resistance
Abstrak: Metals that were used in bone implantation should have good corrosion resistance that were not easily corroded when implanted into the body. Metal corrosion resistance of stainless steel 316 can be enhanced through the metal coating by hydroxyapatite-chitosan composite with composition ratio of hydroxyapatite (gram) and chitosan 3% (mL) 0.2:0, 0.2:0.1, 0.2:0.5, 0.2:1.0, and 0.2:1.5. Besides improving the corrosion resistance of metal, the presence of chitosan also maintain the position of hydroxyapatite on metal surfaces. Corrosion resistance increases with increasing amount of chitosan added and the best composition of hydroxyapatite-chitosan composite was 0.2:1.0.
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