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Indonesia trade minister sacked after palm oil export flip-flops

Indonesia's ban on palm oil exports put pressure on global prices of edible oils [File: Willy Kurniawan/Reuters]

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has sacked the trade minister following controversy over a series of policy reversals on palm oil exports, as he reshuffled his cabinet on Wednesday.

Zulkifli Hasan, chairman of the National Mandate Party (PAN) and a former forestry minister, was sworn in as the country’s new trade minister.

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